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THE  BOOK   OF   THE   PROPHET 

ISAIAH. 


1    'T^HE  vision  of  Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz, 
J-     which  he   saw  concerning  Judah   and 
Jerusalem  in  the  days  of  Uzziah,  Jotham,  Ahaz, 
and  Hezekiah,  kings  of  Judah. 
2  Hear,  O  heavens,  and  give  ear,  O  earth : 

For  the  Lord  hath  spoken ; 

I  have  nourished  and  brought  up  children, 

And  they  have  rebelled  against  me. 
^  The  ox  knoweth  his  owner. 

And  the  ass  his  master's  crib : 

But  Israel  doth  not  know. 

My  people  doth  not  consider. 
^  Ah  sinful  nation,  a  people  '^  laden  with  in- 
iquity, 

A  seed  of  evil  doers,  children  that  are  cor- 
rupters : 

They  have  forsaken  the  Lord, 

They  have  provoked  the  Holy  One  of  Israel 
unto  anger, 

They  are  *  gone  away  backward. 

a  Ileb.  of  heaviness,    b  Heb.  alienated,  or,  separated,  Ps.  58.  3. 


UOy  -3  191 1 


iCVutl     Hi      ■>t    Jl'    I 


ISAIAH,  1. 


'-'  Why  should  ye  be  stricken  any  more  ? 
Ye  will  <"  revolt  more  and  more  : 
The  whole  head  is  sick,  and  the  whole  heart 
faint. 
^  From  the  sole  of  the  foot  even  unto  the  head 
tJiere  is  no  soundness  in  it ; 
But  wounds,  and  bruises,  and  iDutrifjdug  sores: 
They  have  not  been  closed,  neither  bound  up, 
neither  mollified  with  ^  ointment. 
'  Your  country  is  desolate. 
Your  cities  m'e  burned  with  fire : 
Your  land,  strangers  devour  it  in  your  pres- 
ence, 
And  it  is  desolate,  *as  overthrown  by  strangers. 
^  And  the  daughter  of  Zion  is  left  as  a  cottage 
in  a  vineyard. 
As  a  lodge  in  a  garden  of  cucumbers. 
As  a  besieged  city. 
^  Except  the  Lord  of  hosts  had  left  unto  us  a 
very  small  remnant. 
We  should  have  been  as  Sodom, 
And  we  should  have  been  like  unto  Gomorrah. 

^^  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,    ye  rulers  of 
Sodom ; 
Give  ear  unto  the  law  of  our  God,  ye  people  of 
Gomorrah. 

c  Heb.  increase  revolt,    d  Or,  oil.    e  Heb.  as  the  overthrow  of  strangers. 


ISAIAH,  1. 


^'  To  what  purpose  is  the  multitude  of  your  sac- 
rifices unto  me  ?  saith  the  Lord  : 
I  am  full  of  the  burnt  offerings  of  rams,  and 

the  fat  of  fed  beasts  ; 
And  I  delight  not  in  the  blood  of  bullocks,  or 
of  lambs,  or  of  /he  goats. 
^'^  When  ye  come  9  to  appear  before  me. 
Who  hath  required  this  at  your  hand,  to  tread 
my  courts  ? 
^^  Bring  no  more  vain  oblations  ;  incense  is  an 
abomination  unto  me; 
The  new  moons  and  sabbaths,  the  calling  of 

assemblies,  I  cannot  away  with ; 
It  is  ^iniquity,  even  the  solemn  meeting. 
^•^  Your  new  moons  and  your  appointed  feasts 
my  soul  hateth : 
They  are  a  trouble  unto  me ; 
I  am  weary  to  bear  tJiem. 
'^  And  when  ye  spread  forth  your  hands,  I  will 
hide  mine  eyes  from  you  ; 
Yea,  when  ye  'make  many  prayers,  I  will  not 

hear: 
Your  hands  are  full  of  ^  blood. 

^^  Wash  ye,  make  you  clean ;  put  away  the  evil 
of  your  doings  from  before  mine  eyes ; 

fReh.  great  he  goaU.     g  THeh.  to  le  seen,    h  Or,  grief,    i  Yieh.  multiply 
prayer,     k  Heb.  Hoods. 


ISAIAH,  1. 


Cease  to  do  evil ;  ^"^  learn  to  do  well ; 
Seek  judgment,  'relieve  the  oppressed, 
Judge  the  fatherless,  plead  for  the  widow. 
^^  Come  now,  and  let  us  reason  together,  saith 

the  Lord  : 
Though  your  sins  be  as  scarlet,  they  shall  be 

as  white  as  snow  ; 
Though  they  be  red  like  crimson,  they  shall 

be  as  wool. 
'^  If  je  be  willing  and  obedient,  ye  shall  eat  the 

good  of  the  land  : 
-•^  But  if  ye  refuse  and  rebel, 
Ye  shall  be  devoured  with  the  sword : 
For   the  mouth  of  the  Lord    hath    spoken 

it. 

"^  How  is  the  faithful  city  become  a  harlot ! 
It  was  full  of  judgment ;  righteousness  lodged 

in  it ; 
But  now  murderers. 
^'  Thy  silver  is  become  dross. 

Thy  wine  mixed  with  water : 
2^  Thy  princes  a?'e  rebellious,  and  companions  of 
thieves : 
Every  one  loveth  gifts,  and  followeth  after 

rewards : 
They  judge  not  the  fatherless, 

/  Or,  Tighten. 


ISAIAH,  1. 


Neither  doth  the  cause  of  the  widow  come 
unto  them. 

-4  Therefore  saith  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
the  Mighty  One  of  Israel, 
Ah,  I  will  ease  me  of  mine  adversaries, 
And  avenge  me  of  mine  enemies. 
-'"  And  I  will  turn  my  hand  upon  thee. 
And  "'  purely  purge  away  thy  dross, 
And  take  away  all  thy  tin  : 
-^  And  I  will  restore  thy  judges  as  at  the  first, 
And  thy  counsellors  as  at  the  beginning : 
Afterward  thou  shalt  be  called,  The  city  of 
righteousness,  the  faithful  city. 
^^  Zion  shall  be  redeemed  with  judgment. 
And  "her  converts  with  righteousness. 
23  And  the  "destruction  of  the  transgressors  and 
of  the  sinners  sJiall  be  together, 
And  they  that  forsake  the  Lord  shall  be  con- 
sumed. 
-^  For  they  shall  be  ashamed  of  the  oaks  which 
ye  have  desired. 
And  ye  shall  be  confounded  for  the  gardens 
that  3^e  have  chosen. 
30  YoT  ye  shall  be  as  an  oak  whose  leaf  fadeth, 
And  as  a  garden  that  hath  no  water. 

'"  Heb.  according  to  pureness.    n  Or,  they  that  return  of  her.    o  Heb. 
hreahing. 


ISAIAH.  2. 


"^  And  the  strong  shall  be  as  tow, 
^And  the  maker  of  it  as  a  spark, 
And  they  shall  both  burn  together,  and  none 
shall  quench  them, 

p  'T^HE  word  that  Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz 

-L    saw  concerning  Judah  and  Jerusalem. 
2  And    it    shall    come    to    pass    in    the    last 
days, 

Tlmt  the  mountain  of  the  Lord's  house  shall 
be  '^  established  in  the  top  of  the  mountains, 

And  shall  be  exalted  above  the  hills ;  and  all 
nations  shall  flow  unto  it. 
2  And  many  people  shall  go  and  say, 

Come  ye,  and  let  us  go  up  to  the  mountain  of 
the  Lord, 

To  the  house  of  the  God  of  Jacob ;   and  he 
will  teach  us  of  his  ways. 

And  we  will  walk  in  his  paths:  for  out  of 
Zion  shall  go  forth  the  law, 

And   the  word   of   the  Lord   from   Jerusa- 
lem. 
*  And  he  shall  judge  among  the  nations, 

And  shall  rebuke  many  people  : 

And  they  shall  beat  their  swords  into  plough- 
shares. 

And  their  spears  into  ^  pruninghooks  : 

;'  Or,  and  Ms  work,    a  Or,  prepared,    b  Or,  scythes. 


ISAIAH,  2. 


Nation  shall  not  lift  up  sword  against  nation, 
Neither  shall  they  learn  war  any  more. 

5  O  house  of  Jacob,  come  ye, 
And  let  us  walk  in  the  light  of  the  Lord, 

^  Therefore  thou  hast  forsaken  thy  people  the 
house  of  Jacob, 
Because  they  be  replenished  "  from  the  east, 
And  are  soothsayers  like  the  Philistines, 
And  they  '^  please  themselves  in  the  children 
of  strangers. 

^  Their  land  also  is  full  of  silver  and  gold. 
Neither  is  there  any  end  of  their  treasures  ; 
Their  land  is  also  full  of  horses, 
Neither  is  there  any  end  of  their  chariots  : 

s  Their  land  also  is  full  of  idols  ; 
They  worship  the  work  of  their  own  hands. 
That  which  their  own  fingers  have  made  : 

^  And  the  mean  man  boweth  down. 
And  the  great  man  humbleth  himself : 
Therefore  forgive  them  not. 

'''Enter  into   the  rock,  and  hide   thee  in  the 

dust. 
For  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  for  the  glory  of  his 

majesty. 
'^  The  lofty  looks  of  man  shall  be  humbled, 

c  Or,  more  than  the  east,    d  Or,  abound  ivith  the  children,  <£c. 


10  ISAIAH,  2. 


And  the  haughtiness  of  men  shall  be  bowed 

down ; 
And  the  Lord  alone  shall  be  exalted  in  that 
day. 
^-  For  the  day  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  be  upon 
every  one  that  is  proud  and  lofty, 
And  upon  every  one  that  is  lifted  up  ;  and  he 
shall  be  brought  low  : 
'^  And  upon  all  the  cedars  of  Lebanon,  that  are 
high  and  lifted  up, 
And  upon  all  the  oaks  of  Bashan, 
^■*  And  upon  all  the  high  mountains. 

And  upon  all  the  hills  that  are  lifted  up, 
^°  And  upon  every  high  tower, 
And  upon  every  fenced  wall, 
'^  And  upon  all  the  ships  of  Tarshish, 

And  upon  all  ^  pleasant  pictures. 
'^  And   the  loftiness   of  man   shall  be   bowed 
down, 
And  the  haughtiness  of  men  shall  be  made 

low ; 
And  the  Lord  alone  shall  be  exalted  in  that 
day. 
'^  And  /  the  idols  he  shall  utterly  abolish. 
^^  And  they  shall  go  into  the  holes  of  the  rocks. 
And  into  the  caves  of  y  the  earth, 

(?  Heb.  pictures  of  desire,    /Or,    the  idols  shall  utterly  pass  away, 
g  Heb.  the  dust. 


ISAIAH,  3.  11 


For  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  for  the  glory  of  his 

majesty, 
When  he  ariseth  to  shake  terribly  the  earth. 
-^  In  that  day  a  man  shall  cast  -^his  idols  of 

silver,  and  his  idols  of  gold, 
'Which  they  made  each  one  for  himself  to 

worship, 
To  the  moles  and  to  the  bats ; 
"'  To  go  into  the  clefts  of  the  rocks, 
And  into  the  tops  of  the  ragged  rocks,  for 

fear  of  the  Lord,  and  for  the  glory  of  his 

majesty. 
When  he  ariseth  to  shake  terribly  the  earth. 

'-'-  Cease  ye  from  man,  whose  breath  is  in  his 

nostrils :  for  wherein  is  he  to  be  accounted  of  ? 

Q  Xj^OR,  behold,  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts, 

-T     Doth  take  away  from  Jerusalem  and 

from  Judah  the  stay  and  the  staff. 
The  whole  stay  of  bread,  and  the  whole  stay 
of  water, 
2  The  mighty  man,  and  the  man  of  war, 
The  judge,  and  the  prophet,  and  the  prudent, 
and  the  ancient, 
^  The  captain  of  fifty,   and  « the  honourable 
man, 

h  Heb.    the  idols  of  Ms  silver,   &c.     i  Or,   which  they  made  for  him. 
a  Heb.  a  man  eminent  in  countenance. 


12  ISAIAH,  3. 


And  the  counsellor,  and  the  cunning  artificer, 
and  the  *  eloquent  orator. 
**  And  I  will  give  children  to  he  their  princes. 

And  babes  shall  rule  over  them. 
^  And  the  people  shall  be  oppressed,  every  one 
by  another,  and  every  one  by  his  neighbour: 
The  child  shall  behave  himself  proudly  against 

the  ancient, 
And  the  base  against  the  honourable. 
^  When  a  man  shall  take  hold  of  his  brother  of 
the  house  of  his  father,  saying, 
Thou  hast  clothing,  be  thou  our  ruler, 
And  let  this  ruin  he  under  thy  hand  : 
■^  In  that  day  shall  he  '  swear,  saying, 
I  will  not  be  a  "^  healer ; 

For  in  my  house  is  neither  bread  nor  cloth- 
ing: 
Make  me  not  a  ruler  of  the  people. 
^  For  Jerusalem  is  ruined,  and  Judah  is  fallen  : 
Because  their  tongue  and   their  doings  are 

against  the  Lord, 
To  provoke  the  eyes  of  his  glory. 
9  The  shew  of  their  countenance  doth  witness 
against  them; 
And  they  declare  their  sin  as  Sodom,  they 
hide  it  not. 

h  Or,  skilful  of  speech,    c  Heb.  lift  up  the  hand,  Gen.  14.  22.    d  Heb. 
hinder  tip. 


ISAIAH,  3.  13 


Woe  unto  their  soul !  for  they  have  rewarded 
evil  unto  themselves. 
^0  Say  ye  to  the  righteous,  that  it  slmll  he  well 
with  Mm : 
For  they  shall  eat  the  fruit  of  their  doings. 
'^  Woe  unto  the  wicked  !  it  shall  he  ill  with  him: 
For  the  reward  of  his  hands  shall  be  *  given 
him. 
'-  As  for  my  people,  children  are  their  oppressors, 
And  women  rule  over  them.     O  my  people, 

/they  which  lead  thee  cause  thee  to  err, 
And  9  destroy  the  way  of  thy  paths. 

^^  The  Lord  standeth  up  to  plead. 

And  standeth  to  judge  the  people. 
'^  The  Lord  will  enter  into  judgment  with  the 
ancients  of    his    people,   and    the    princes 
thereof : 
For  ye  have  '^ eaten  up  the  vineyard; 
The  spoil  of  the  poor  is  in  your  houses. 
'^  What  mean  ye  that  ye  beat  my  people  to 
pieces. 
And  grind  the  faces  of  the  poor? 
Saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts. 

'^  Moreover  the  Lord  saith, 

e  Heb.  done  to  him.     f  Or,  they  which    call  thee    Messed,     g  Heb. 
srvallotv  V2>.      h  Or,  burnt. 


14  ISAIAH,  3. 


Because  the  daughters  of  Zion  are  haughty, 
And   walk  with  stretched    forth  necks  and 

*  wanton  eyes, 
Walking  and  ^mincing  as  they  go, 
And  making  a  tinkling  with  their  feet : 
'^  Therefore  the  Lord  will  smite  with  a  scab 
the  crown  of  the  head  of  the  daughters 
of  Zion, 
And    the    Lord  will  ^  discover  their  secret 
parts. 
'8  In  that  day  the  Lord  will   take  away  the 
bravery  of  tJieir  tinkling  ornaments  abozit 
their  feet, 
And  their  ™  cauls,  and  tJieir  round  tires  like 
the  moon, 
19  The  »* chains,  and  the  bracelets,  and  the  ''muf- 
flers, 
2^  The  bonnets,  and  the  ornaments  of  the  legs, 
and  the  headbands. 
And  the  /"tablets,  and  the  earrings, 
2^  The  rings,  and  nose  jewels, 
'■^'^  The    changeable  suits  of    apparel,   and    the 
mantles. 
And  the  wimples,  and  the  crisping  pins, 
23  The  glasses,  and  the  fine  linen, 
And  the  hoods,  and  the  vails. 

i  Heb.  deceiving  with  their  eyes,  k  Or,  tripping  nicely.  I  Heb.  make 
naked,  m  Or,  networks,  n  Or,  sweet  halls,  o  Or,  spatigled  ornaments. 
p  Heb.  houses  of  the  sold. 


ISAIAH,  4.  15 


2-*  And   it  shall  come  to  pass,   that  instead  of 
sweet  smell  there  shall  be  stink ; 
And  instead  of  a  girdle  a  rent ; 
And  instead  of  well  set  hair  baldness ; 
And  instead  of  a  stomacher  a  girding  of  sack- 
cloth ; 
And  burning  instead  of  beauty. 
25  Thy  men  shall  fall  by  the  sword, 

And  thy  ?  mighty  in  the  war. 
2^  And  her  gates  shall  lament  and  mourn ; 
And  she  being  'desolate  shall  sit  upon  the 
ground. 

A     AND  in  that  day  seven  women  shall  take 
-^^  hold  of  one  man,  saying. 
We  will  eat  our  own  bread,  and  wear  our 

own  apparel ; 
Only  « let  us  be  called  by  thy  name, 
*To  take  away  our  reproach. 
-  In  that  day  shall  the  branch  of  the  Lord  be 
'^  beautiful  and  glorious. 
And  the  fruit  of  the  earth  shall  be  excellent 

and  comely 
'^  For  them  that  are  escaped  of  Israel. 
2  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  h<xthat  is  left 
in  Zion. 

(f  Heb.  viiijht.  r  Or,  emptied.  Heb.  cleansed,  a  Heb.  let  thy  name  he 
I  called  upon  us.  b  Or,  take  thou  away,  c  Heb.  heauty  and  glory. 
I    d  Heb. /or  the  escaping  of  Israel, 


16  ISAIAH,  5. 


And  lie  that  remaineth  in  Jerusalem, 

Shall  be  called  holy, 

Even  every  one  that  is  written  « among  the 

living  in  Jerusalem  : 
■*  When  the  Lord  shall  have  washed  awaj'  the 

filth  of  the  daughters  of  Zion, 
And  shall  have  purged  the  blood  of  Jerusalem 

from  the  midst  thereof 
By  the  spirit  of  judgment,  and  by  the  spirit 

of  burning. 
5  And  the  Lord  will  create  upon  every  dwell- 

ingplace  of  mount  Zion, 
And  upon  her  assemblies, 
A  cloud  and  smoke  by  day. 
And  the  shining  of  a  flaming  fire  by  night : 
For  /upon    all    the    glory  shall   be    i'a  de- 
fence. 
^  And  there  shall  be  a  tabernacle  for  a  shadow 

in  the  daytime  from  the  heat, 
And  for  a  place  of  refuge,  and  for  a  covert 

from  storm  and  from  rain. 

K  ]yrOW  will  I  sing  to  my  well  beloved  a  song 
-1-^    of  my  beloved  touching  his  vineyard. 
My  well  beloved  hath  a  vineyard  in  «  a  very 
fruitful  hill: 

e  Or,  to  life,   f  Or,  above,    g  Heb.  a  covering,  ch.  8.  14.    a  Heb.  the 
horn  of  the  son  of  oil. 


ISAIAH.  5.  17 


'  And  lie  ''  fenced  it,  and  gathered  out  the  stones 
thereof, 

And  planted  it  with  the  choicest  vine, 

And  built  a  tower  in  the  midst  of  it, 

And  also  '^made  a  winepress  therein  : 

And  he  looked  that   it  should   bring  forth 
grapes. 

And  it  brought  forth  wild  grapes. 
2  And  now,  O  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  and 
men  of  Judah, 

Judge,  I  pray  you,  betwixt  me  and  my  vine- 
yard. 
^  What  could  have  been  done  more  to  my  vine- 
yard, 

That  I  have  not  done  in  it  ? 

"Wherefore,  when  I  looked  that  it  should  bring 
forth  grapes. 

Brought  it  forth  wild  grapes  ? 
^  And  now  go  to ;  I  will  tell  you  what  I  will  do 
to  my  vineyard : 

I  will  take  away  the  hedge  thereof,  and  it  shall 
be  eaten  up  ; 

And  break  down  the  wall  thereof,  and  it  shall 
be  '^  trodden  down  : 
^  And  I  will  lay  it  waste : 

It  shall  not  be  pruned,  nor  digged ; 

But  there  shall  come  up  briers  and  thorns : 

b  Or,  made  a  wall  about  it.    c  Heb.  heived.    d  Heb.  for  a  treading. 


18  ISAIAH,  5. 


I  will  also  command  the  clouds  that  they  rain 
no  rain  upon  it. 
'  For  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  is  the 
house  of  Israel, 

And  the  men  of  Judali "  his  pleasant  plant : 

And  he  looked  for  judgment,  but  behold  /op- 
pression ; 

For  righteousness,  but  behold  a  cry. 

^  Woe  unto  them  that  join  house  to  house, 
That  lay  field  to  field,  till  tliere  be  no  place, 
That  ff  they  may  be  placed  alone  in  the  midst 
of  the  earth  ! 
^  ^  In  mine  ears  said  the  Loud  of  hosts, 
*  Of  a  truth  many  houses  shall  be  desolate, 
Even  great  and  fair,  without  inhabitant. 
'•^  Yea,  ten  acres  of  vineyard   shall  yield   one 
bath. 
And  the  seed  of  a  homer  shall  yield  an  ephah. 

^^  Woe  unto  them  that  rise  up  early  in  the  morn- 
ing, tJiat  they  may  follow  strong  drink ; 
That  continue  until  night,  till  wine  ^inflame 
them  ! 
'-  And  the  harp  and  the  viol,  the  tabret  and  pipe, 
And  wine,  are  in  their  feasts : 

f  Heb.  plant  of  Iiis  pleasures,    f  Heb.  a  scab,    g  Heb.  )lf.    li  Or,  Tliis  is 
in  vii7ie  ears,  saith  tke  Lord,  «fec.    t  Heb.  J/ not,  <£c.     k  Or,  pursue  them. 


ISAIAH,  5.  19 


But  they  regard  not  the  work  of  the  Lord, 
Neither  consider  the  operation  of  his  hands. 
'3  Therefore  my  people  are  gone  into  captivity, 
because  tliey  have  no  knowledge  : 
And  ^  their  honourable  men  are  famished, 
And  their  multitude  dried  up  with  thirst. 
'^  Therefore  hell  hath  enlarged  herself, 
And  opened  her  mouth  without  measure  : 
And  their  glory,  and  their  multitude,  and  their 

pomp. 
And  he  that  rejoiceth,  shall  descend  into  it. 
^^  And  the  mean  man  shall  be  brought  down, 
And  the  mighty  man  shall  be  humbled, 
And  the  eyes  of  the  lofty  shall  be  humbled  : 
'^  But  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  be  exalted  in  judg- 
ment, 
And  '"■  God  that  is  holy  shall  be  sanctified  in 
righteousness. 
^^  Then  shall  the  lambs  feed  after  their  man- 
ner. 
And  the  waste  places  of  the  fat  ones  shall 
strangers  eat. 


'^  Woe  unto  them  that  draw  iniquity  with  cords 
of  vanity. 
And  sin  as  it  were  with  a  cart  rope  : 

I  Heb.  their  glory  are  men  of  famine,    m  Or,  the  holy  God.    Heb.  the 
God  the  holy. 


20  ISAIAH,  5. 


^^  That  say,  Let  him  make  speed,  and  hasten  his 

work, 
That  we  may  see  it:  and  let  the  counsel  of  the 

Holy  One  of  Israel  draw  nigh  and  come. 
That  we  may  know  it! 

-•^  Woe  unto  them  "that  call  evil  good,  and  good 
evil; 

That  put  darkness  for  light,  and  light  for  dark- 
ness ; 

That  put  bitter  for  sweet,  and  sweet  for  bitter! 

■'•  "Woe  unto  them  that  are  wise  in  their  own  eyes. 

And  prudent "  in  their  own  sight ! 
"  Woe  unto  them  that  are  mighty  to  drink  wine. 

And  men  of  strength  to  mingle  strong  drink : 
-2  Which  justify  the  wicked  for  reward, 

And  take  away  the  righteousness  of  the  right- 
eous from  him ! 

2^  Therefore  as  ^the  fire  devoureth  the  stubble, 
And  the  flame  consumeth  the  chaff,  so  their 

root  shall  be  as  rottenness, 
And  their  blossom  shall  go  up  as  dust : 
Because  they  have  cast  away  the  law  of  the 

Lord  of  hosts, 

n  Heb.  that  say  concerning  evil.  It  is  good,  <£c.    o  Heb.  "before  their 
face,    p  Heb.  the  tongue  of  fire. 


ISAIAH,  5.  21 


And  despised  the  word  of  the  Holy  One  of 

Israel. 
25  Therefore  is  the  anger  of  the  Lord  kindled 

against  his  people, 
And  he  hath  stretched  forth  his  hand  against 

them,  and  hath  smitten  them : 
And  the  hills  did  tremble,  and  their  carcasses 

were  i  torn  in  the  midst  of  the  streets. 
For  all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away, 
But  his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

'^^  And  he  will  lift  up  an  ensign  to  the  nations 
from  far, 
And  will  hiss  unto  them  from  the  end  of  the 

earth : 
And,   behold,    they   shall   come  with   speed 
swiftly : 
'•^■^  None  shall  be  weary  nor  stumble  among  them ; 
None  shall  slumber  nor  sleep  ; 
Neither  shall  the  girdle  of  their  loins  be  loosed. 
Nor  the  latchet  of  their  shoes  be  broken  : 
■^*  Whose  arrows  are  sharp,  and  all  their  bows 
bent, 
Their  horses'  hoofs  shall  be  counted  like  flint, 
And  their  wheels  like  a  whirlwind  : 
•^^  Their  roaring  shall  he  like  a  lion. 
They  shall  roar  like  young  lions  ; 

q  Or,  as  dung. 


22  ISAIAH,  6. 


Yea,  they  shall  roar,  and  lay  hold  of  the  prey, 

And  shall  carry  it  away  safe,  and  none  shall 
deliver  it. 
^^  And  in  that  day  they  shall  roar  against  them 
like  the  roaring  of  the  sea  : 

And  if  one  look  unto  the  land,  behold  dark- 
ness and  '■  sorrow  ; 

«And  the  light  is  darkened  in  the  heavens 
thereof. 

C^  TN  the  year  that  king  Uzziah  died  I  saw 
-L  also  the  Lord  sitting  upon  a  throne, 
high  and  lifted  up,  and  «his  train  filled  the 
temple.  ^  Above  it  stood  the  seraphim :  each 
one  had  six  wings ;  with  twain  he  covered  his 
face,  and  with  twain  he  covered  his  feet,  and 
with  twain  he  did  fly.  ^  And  ''  one  cried  unto 
another,  and  said. 
Holy,  holy,  holy,  is  the  Lord  of  hosts : 
"  The  whole  earth  is  full  of  his  glory. 
^  And  the  posts  of  the  '^  door  moved  at  the 
voice  of  him  that  cried,  and  the  house  was  filled 
with  smoke.  ^  Then  said  I,  Woe  is  me !  for  I 
am  « undone;  because  I  am  a  man  of  unclean 
lips,  and  I  dwell  in  the  midst  of  a  people  of 
unclean  lips :  for  mine  eyes  have  seen  the  King, 

r  Or,  distress,  s  Or,  wheyi  it  is  light,  it  shall  be  dark  in  the  destrtictiotis 
thereof,  a  Or,  the  skirts  thereof,  h  Heb.  this  cried  to  this,  c  Heb.  Jiis 
glory  is  the  fulness  of  the  whole  earth,    d  Heb.  thresholds,    e  Heb.  cut  off. 


ISAIAH.  6.  23 


the  Lord  of  hosts.  ^  Then  Hew  one  of  the  ser- 
aphim unto  me,  /having  a  live  coal  in  his  hand, 
icldch  he  had  taken  with  the  tongs  from  off  the 
altar :  "^  and  he  9  laid  it  upon  my  mouth,  and  said, 
Lo,  this  hath  touched  thy  lips ;  and  thine  iniquity 
is  taken  away,  and  thy  sin  purged.  ^  Also  I 
heard  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  saying.  Whom  shall 
I  send,  and  who  will  *go  for  us  ?  Then  said  I, 
^Here  am  I ;  send  me.  ^  And  he  said,  Go,  and 
tell  this  people, 

Hear  ye  nudeed,  but  understand  not; 

And  see  ye  *  indeed,  but  perceive  not. 
'^  Make  the  heart  of  this  people  fat, 

And  make  their  ears  heavy,  and  shut  their  eyes; 

Lest  they  see  with  their  eyes,  and  hear  with 
their  ears, 

And  understand  with  their  heart,  and  con- 
vert, and  be  healed. 
"  Then  said  I,  Lord,  how  long  ?    And  he  an- 
swered, 

Until  the  cities  be  wasted  without  inhabitant, 

And  the  houses  without  man. 

And  the  land  be  '■  utterly  desolate, 
^-  And  the  Lord  have  removed  men  far  away, 

And  there  he  a  great  forsaking  in  the  midst  of 
the  land. 

/  Heb.  and  in  his  hand  a  live  coal,  g  Heb.  caused  it  to  touch,  h  Heb. 
Behold  me.  i  Or,  ivitkout  ceasing,  <£c.  Heb.  hear  ye  in  hearing,  &c. 
k  Heb.  in  seeing.    I  Heb.  desolate  with  desolation. 


24  ISAIAH,  7. 


^2  But  yet  in  it  shall  be  a  tenth,  '"and  it  shall  re- 
turn, and  shall  be  eaten  : 

As  a  teil  tree,  and  as  an  oak,  whose  '^substance 
is  in  them,  when  they  cast  their  leaves: 

So  the  holy  seed  shall  he  the  substance  thereof. 

•7     AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days  of  Ahaz 
-^  the  son  of  Jotham,  the  son  of  Uzziah, 
king  of  Judah,  that  Rezin  the  king  of  Syria, 
and  Pekah  the  son  of  Remaliah,  king  of  Israel, 
went  up  toward  Jerusalem  to  w^ar  against  it, 
but  could  not  prevail  against  it.     ^  ^^d  it  was 
told  the  house  of  David,  saying,  Syria  <*  is  con- 
federate with  Ephraim.      And   his  heart  was 
moved,  and  the  heart  of  his  people,  as  the  trees 
of  the  wood  are  moved  with  the  wind.     ^  Then 
said  the  Lord  unto  Isaiah,  Go  forth  now  to  meet 
Ahaz,  thou,  and  ^Shear-jashub  thy  son,  at  the 
end  of  the  conduit  of  the  upper  pool,  in  the 
'  highway  of  the  fuller's  field ;  ^  and  say  unto 
him. 
Take  heed,  and  be  quiet ; 
Fear  not,  '^  neither  be  fainthearted 
For  the  two  tails  of  these  smoking  firebrands, 
For  the  fierce  anger  of  Rezin  with  Syria,  and 
of  the  son  of  Remaliah. 

Ill  Or,  when  it  is  returned,  and  hath  been  brotvsed.  n  Or,  stock,  or,  stem, 
a  Heb.  resteth  on  Ephraim.  b  That  is.  The  remnant  shall  7-eturn :  See 
ch.  6. 13.  &  10.  21.    c  Or,  causeway,    d  Heb.  let  not  thy  heart  be  tender. 


ISAIAH,  7.  25 


5  Because  Syria,  Ephraim,  and  the  son  of  Rema- 
liah, 
Have  taken  evil  counsel  against  thee,  saying, 
^  Let  us  go  up  against  Judah,  and  « vex  it. 
And  let  us  make  a  breach  therein  for  us. 
And  set  a  king  in  the  midst  of  it,  emn  the  son 
of  Tabeal : 
'  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God, 

It  shall  not  stand,  neither  shall  it  come  to  pass, 
s  For  the  head  of  Syria  is  Damascus, 
And  the  head  of  Damascus  is  Rezin ; 
And  within  threescore  and  five  years  shall 
Ephraim  be  broken,  /that  it  be  not  a  people. 
^  And  the  head  of  Ephraim  is  Samaria,  and  the 
head  of  Samaria  is  Remaliah's  son. 
9  If  ye  will  not  believe,  surely  ye  shall  not  be 
established. 


10  AjyiQi-eover  the  Lord  spake  again  unto  Ahaz, 

saying, 
^^  Ask  thee  a  sign  of  the  Lord  thy  God  ; 
'Ask  it  either  in  the  depth,  or  in  the  height 
above. 
'^  But  Ahaz  said,  I  will  not  ask,  neither  will  I 
tempt  the  Lord.     ^^  And  he  said, 
Hear  ye  now,  O  house  of  David  ; 

e  Or,  waken,  f  Heb.  from,  a  people,  g  Or,  Do  ye  not  believe  ?  it  is  because 
ye  are  not  stable,  h  Heb.  And  the  Lord  added  to  speak,  i  Or,  make  thy 
petition  deep. 


26  ISAIAH.  7. 


Is  it  a  small  thing  for  you  to  weary  men,  but 
will  ye  weary  my  God  also  ? 
^^  Therefore  the  Lord  himself  shall  give  jou.  a 
sign; 
Behold,  a  virgin  shall  conceive,  and  bear  a  son, 
And  '^' shall  call  his  name  Immanuel. 
'^  Butter  and  honey  shall  he  eat, 
That  he  may  know  to  refuse  the  evil,  and 
choose  the  good. 
^^  For  before  the  child  shall  know  to  refuse  the 
evil,  and  choose  the  good, 
The  land  that  thou  abhorrest  shall  be  forsaken 
of  both  her  kings. 

^^  The  Lord  shall  bring  upon  thee. 
And  upon  thy  people,  and  upon  thy  father's 

house. 
Days  that  have  not  come. 
From  the  day  that  Ephraim  departed  from 

Judah ; 
Even  the  king  of  Assyria. 
^s  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day. 

That  the  Lord  shall  hiss  for  the  ^y  that  is  in 

the  uttermost  part  of  the  rivers  of  Egypt, 
And  for  the  bee  that  is  in  the  land  of  Assyria. 
'^  And  thej'-  shall  come,  and  shall  rest  all  of  them 

k  Or,  Own,  O  virgin,  shalt  call:  See  Gen.  i.  1,  25.  &  16. 11.  &  39.  32.  & 
30.  6,  8.    1  Sam.  i.  21. 


ISAIAH,  7.  27 


lu  the  desolate  valleys,  and  in  the  holes  of  the 

rocks, 
And  upon  all  thorns,  and  upon  all  ^  bushes. 
-^  In  the  same  day  shall  the  Lord  shave  with  a 

razor  that  is  hired. 
Namely,  by  them  beyond  the  river,  by  the  king 

of  Assyria, 
The  head,  and  the  hair  of  the  feet : 
And  it  shall  also  consume  the  beard. 

-1  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 

That  a  man  shall  nourish  a  young  cow  and 

two  sheep  ; 

-'-  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  for  the  abundance  of 

milk  that  they  shall  give,  he  shall  eat  butter: 

For  butter  and  honey  shall  every  one  eat  that 

is  left '"  in  the  land. 

-2  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
That  every  place  shall  be, 
AVhere  there  were  a  thousand  vines  at  a  thou- 
sand silverlings, 
It  shall  even  be  for  briers  and  thorns. 
-^  With  arrows  and  with  bows  shall  men  come 
thither ; 
Because  all  the  land  shall  become  briers  and 
thorns. 

/  Or,  commendable  trees,    m  Heb.  in  the  midst  of  the  land. 


28  ISAIAH,  8. 


"  And  on  all  hills  that  shall  be  digged  with  the 

mattock, 
There  shall  not  come  thither  the  fear  of  briers 

and  thorns : 
But  it  shall  be  for  the  sending  forth  of  oxen, 
And  for  the  treading  of  lesser  cattle. 

8  IVT^^'^^^'^'^  ^^^  l^om)  said  unto  me, 
-ltX  Take  thee  a  great  roll,  and  write  in  it 
with  a  man's  pen  concerning  <^  Maher-shalal- 
hash-baz.  ^  ^q^  \  took  unto  me  faithful  wit- 
nesses to  record,  Uriah  the  priest,  and  Zechariah 
the  son  of  Jeberechiah.  ^  And  I  *  went  unto 
the  prophetess ;  and  she  conceived,  and  bare  a 
son.  Then  said  the  Lord  to  me,  Call  his  name 
Maher-shalal-hash-baz.  ^  For  before  the  child 
shall  have  knowledge  to  cry,  My  father,  and 
my  mother,  <^the  riches  of  Damascus  and  the 
spoil  of  Samaria  shall  be  taken  away  before  the 
king  of  Assyria. 

5  The  Lord  spake  also  unto  me  again,  saying, 
^  Forasmuch  as  this  people  refuseth  the  waters 
of  Shiloah  that  go  softly, 
And  rejoice  in  Rezin  and  Remaliah's  son  ; 
■^  Now  therefore,  behold,  the  Lord  bringeth  up 
upon  them 

a  Heb.  In  inaking  speed  to  the  spoil  he  hasteneth  the  prey,  or,  Make 
speed,  (tc.  b  Heb.  approached  unto,  c  Or,  he  that  is  hefore  the  king  of 
Assyria  shall  take  aivay  the  riches,  tic. 


ISAIAH,  8.  29 


The  waters  of  the  river,  strong  and  many, 
Even  the  king  of  Assyria,  and  all  his  glory  : 

and  he  shall  come  up  over  all  his  channels, 
And  go  over  all  his  banks  : 
^  And  he  shall  pass  through  Judah  ; 
He  shall  overflov^  and  go  over,  he  shall  reach 

even  to  the  neck  ; 
And  '^  the  stretching  out  of  his  wings  shall  fill 

the  breadth  of  thy  land,  O  Immanuel. 

^  Associate  yourselves,  O  ye  people,  ^  and  ye 

shall  be  broken  in  pieces ; 
And  give  ear,  all  ye  of  far  countries: 
Gird  yourselves,  and  ye  shall  be  broken  in 

pieces ; 
Gird  yourselves,  and  ye  shall  be  broken  in 

pieces. 
'°  Take  counsel  together,  and  it  shall  come  to 

nought ; 
Speak  the  word,  and  it  shall  not  stand : 
For  God  is  with  us. 

"  For  the  Lokd  spake  thus  to  me  /with  a  strong 
hand, 
And  instructed  me  that  I  should  not  walk  in 
the  way  of  this  people,  saying, 

d  Heb.  the  fulness  of  the  breadth  of  thy  land  shall  he  the  stretching  out 
of  his  wings,    e  Or,  yet.   /Heb.  in  strength  of  hand. 


30  ISAIAH,  8. 


''^  Say  ye  not,  A  confederacy, 
To  all  them  to  whom  this  people  shall  say,  A 

confederacy ; 
Neither  fear  ye  their  fear,  nor  be  afraid. 
^3  Sanctify  the  Lord  of  hosts  himself ; 
And  let  him  he  your  fear,  and  let  him  he  your 
dread. 
^•*  And  he  shall  be  for  a  sanctuary  ; 
But  for  a  stone  of  stumbling  and  for  a  rock  of 

offence  to  both  the  houses  of  Israel, 
For  a  gin  and  for  a  snare  to  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem. 
'^  And  many  among  them  shall  stumble,  and 
fall,  and  be  broken, 
And  be  snared,  and  be  taken. 

"^  Bind  up  the  testimony,  seal  the  law  among 

my  disciples. 
^^  And  I  will  wait  upon  the  Lord, 
That  hideth  his  face  from  the  house  of  Jacob, 
And  I  will  look  for  him. 
's  Behold,  I  and  the  children  whom  the  Lord 
hath  given  me 
Are  for  signs  and  for  wonders  in  Israel 
From  the  Lord  of  hosts,  which  dwelleth  in 
mount  Zion. 

^9  And  when  they  shall  say  unto  you. 


ISAIAH,  9.  31 


Seek  unto  them  that  have  familiar  spirits, 
And  unto  wizards  that  peep  and  that  mut- 
ter : 
Should  not  a  people  seek  unto  their  God  ? 
For  the  living  to  the  dead  ? 
"•^  To  the  law  and  to  the  testimony : 
If  they  speak  not  according  to  this  word, 
It  is  because  thei'e  is  ff  no  light  in  them. 
-^  And  they  shall  pass  through  it,  hardly  bestead 
and  hungry : 
And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  when  they  shall 

be  hungry,  they  shall  fret  themselves, 
And  curse  their  king  and  their  God,  and  look 
upward. 
-■^  And  they  shall  look  unto  the  earth  ; 
And  behold  trouble  and  darkness,  dimness  of 

anguish ; 
And  thet/  shall  be  driven  to  darkness. 
0  "VrEVERTHELESS  the  dimness  sJiall  not  be 
-^    such  as  was  in  her  vexation, 
When  at  the  first  he  lightly  afflicted  the  land 

of  Zebulun,  and  the  land  of  Naphtali, 
And  afterward  did  more  grievously  afflict  Iier 

by  the  way  of  the  sea. 
Beyond  Jordan,  in  Galilee  "  of  the  nations. 
-  The  people  that  walked  in  darkness  have  seen 
a  great  light : 

Q  Heb.  no  morning,    a  Or,  populous. 


32  ISAIAH,  9. 


They  that  dwell  in  the  land  of  the  shadow  of 
death,  upon  them  hath  the  light  shined. 
2  Thou  hast  multiplied  the  nation,  a7id  ^  not  in- 
creased the  joy: 

They  joy  before  thee  according  to  the  joy  in 
harvest, 

And  as  men  rejoice  when  they  divide  the  spoil. 
^  <=  For  thou  hast  broken  the  yoke  of  his  burden, 
and  the  staff  of  his  shoulder. 

The  rod  of  his  oppressor,  as  in  the  day  of 
Midian. 
^  '^  For  every  battle  of  the  warrior  is  with  con- 
fused noise, 

And  garments  rolled  in  blood  ;  '  but  this  shall 
be  with  burning  and  f  fuel  of  fire. 
®  For  unto  us  a  child  is  born,  unto  us  a  son  is 
given : 

And    the    government    shall    be    upon    his 
shoulder : 

And   his   name    shall  be  called  Wonderful, 
Counsellor,  The  mighty  God, 

The  everlasting  Father,  The  Prince  of  Peace. 
'  Of  the  increase  of  Ids  government  and  peace 
tliere  shall  he  no  end. 

Upon  the  throne  of   David,   and   upon   his 
kingdom, 

b  Or,  to  him.    c  Or,  When  thou  hrakest.    d  Or,  When  the   whole  battle 
of  the  warrior  was,  <£c.    e  Or,  and  it  was,  <fcc.    /'  Heb.  meat. 


ISAIAH,  9.  33 


To  order  it,  and  to  establish  it  with  judgment 

and  with  justice 
From  henceforth  even  for  ever.     The  zeal  of 

the  Lord  of  hosts  will  perform  this. 

^  The  Lord  sent  a  word  into  Jacob, 

And  it  hath  lighted  upon  Israel. 
9  And  all  the  people  shall  know, 
Even  Ephraim  and  the  inhabitant  of  Samaria, 
That  say  in  the  pride  and  stoutness  of  heart, 
^0  The  bricks  are  fallen  down,  but  we  will  build 
with  hewn  stones : 
The  sycamores  are  cut  down,  but  we  will 
change  the7n  into  cedars. 
•*  Therefore  the  Loud  shall  set  up  the  adver- 
saries of  Rezin  against  him, 
And  ^join  his  enemies  together; 
'2  The  Syrians  before,   and  the  Philistines  be- 
hind; 
And  they  shall    devour   Israel  ^with    open 

mouth. 
For  all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away. 
But  his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

'^  For  the  people  turneth  not  unto  him  that 
smiteth  them, 
Neither  do  they  seek  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

g  Heb.  mingle,    h  Heb.  with  whole  mouth. 


34  ISAIAH,  9. 


^^  Therefore  the  Lord  will  cut  off  from  Israel 
head  and  tail, 
Branch  and  rush,  in  one  day. 
'^  The  ancient  and  honourable,  he  is  the  head  ; 

And  the  prophet  that  teacheth  lies,  he  is  the  tail. 

'^  For  Hhe  leaders  of  this  people  cause  them  to 

err; 

And  ^tJiey  that  are  led  of  them  are  destroyed. 

^^  Therefore  the  Lord  shall  have  no  joy  in  their 

young  men, 

Neither  shall  have  mercy  on  their  fatherless 

and  widows : 
For  every  one  is  a  hypocrite  and  an  evil  doer, 
And  every  mouth  speaketh  "'  folly. 
For  all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away, 
But  his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

'*  For  wickedness  burnetii  as  the  fire  : 
It  shall  devour  the  briers  and  thorns, 
And  shall  kindle  in  the  thickets  of  the  forest, 
And  they  shall  mount  up  like  the  lifting  up  of 
smoke. 
'3  Through  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  is 
the  land  darkened, 
And  the  people  shall  be  as  the  '^  fuel  of  the  fire  : 
No  man  shall  spare  his  brother. 

t  Or,  they  that  call  them  blessed,    k  Or,  thei/  that  are  called  blessed  of 
them.    I  Heb.  swallowed  up.    m  Or,  villany.     n  Heb.  meat. 


ISAIAH,  10.  35 


2^  And.  he  shall "  snatch  on  the  right  hand,  and 

be  hungry  ; 
And  he  shall  eat  on  the  left  hand,  and  they 

shall  not  be  satisfied  : 
They  shall  eat  every  man  the  flesh  of  his  own 

arm : 
21  Manasseh,  Ephraim ;  and  Ephraim,  Manasseh : 
ATid  they  together  shall  be  against  Judah. 
For  all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away, 
But  his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

10  W^^^  ^^^^  them  that  decree  unright- 
^^    eous  decrees, 
And  ""  that  write  grievousness  which  they  have 
prescribed  ; 
2  To  turn  aside  the  needy  from  judgment, 
And  to  take  away  the  right  from  the  poor  of 

my  people, 
That  widows  may  be  their  prey. 
And  that  they  may  rob  the  fatherless  ! 
^  And  what  will  ye  do  in  the  day  of  visitation, 
And  in  the  desolation  which  shall  come  from 

far? 
To  whom  will  ye  flee  for  help  ? 
And  where  will  ye  leave  your  glory  ? 
■^  Without  me  they  shall  bow  down  under  the 
prisoners, 

0  Heb.  cut.    a  Or,  to  the  writers  that  write  grievousness. 


36  ISAIAH,  10. 


And  they  shall  fall  under  the  slain. 

For  all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away, 

But  his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

^  *  O  '^ Assyrian,  the  rod  of  mine  anger, 
'^And  the  staff  in  their  hand  is  mine  indigna- 
tion. 
^  I  will  send  him  against  a  hypocritical  nation. 
And  against  the  people  of  my  wrath  will  I 

give  him  a  charge. 
To  take  the  spoil,  and  to  take  the  prey, 
And  « to  tread  them  down  like  the  mire  of  the 
streets. 
■^  Howbeit  he  meaneth  not  so, 
Neither  doth  his  heart  think  so ; 
But  it  is  in  his  heart  to  destroy 
And  cut  off  nations  not  a  few. 
8  For  he  saith,  Are  not  my  princes  altogether 

kings  ? 
^  Is  not  Calno  as  Carchemish  ? 
Is  not  Hamath  as  Arpad  ? 
Is  not  Samaria  as  Damascus  ? 
'"  As  my  hand  hath  found  the  kingdoms  of  the 
idols. 
And  whose  graven  images  did  excel  them  of 
Jerusalem  and  of  Samaria  ; 

6  Or,  Woe  to  the  Assyria7i.    c  Heb.  Asshur.    d  Or,  though,     e  Heb.  to 
lay  them  a  treading. 


ISAIAH.  10.  37 


^^  Shall  I  not,  as  I  have  done  unto  Samaria  and 

her  idols, 
So  do  to  Jerusalem  and  her  idols  ? 
12  Wherefore  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that,  when 

the  Lord  hath  performed  his  whole  work 
Upon  mount  Zion  and  on  Jerusalem, 
I  will  /  punish  the  fruit  9  of  the  stout  heart  of 

the  king  of  Assyria, 
And  the  glory  of  his  high  looks. 
12  For  he  saith.  By  the  strength  of  my  hand  I 

have  done  it, 
And  by  my  wisdom  ;  for  I  am  prudent : 
And    I    have   removed   the   bounds    of   the 

people. 
And  have  robbed  their  treasures, 
And  I  have  put  down  the  inhabitants  ^like  a 

valiant  man : 
1^  And  my  hand  hath  found  as  a  nest  the  riches 

of  the  people : 
And  as  one  gathereth  eggs  that  are  left. 
Have  I  gathered  all  the  earth  ; 
And  there  was  none  that  moved  the  wing, 
Or  opened  the  mouth,  or  peeped. 

'^  Shall  the  axe  boast  itself  against  him  that 
heweth  therewith  ? 

/  Heb.  visit  upon,    g  Heb.   of  the  greatness  of  the  heart,    h  Or,  like 
many  people. 


38  ISAIAH,  10. 


Or  shall  the  saw  magnify  itself  against  him 

that  shaketh  it  ? 
^As  if  the  rod  should  shake  itself  against  them 

that  lift  it  up, 
Or  as  if  the  staff  should  lift  up  ^itself,  as  if  it 

were  no  wood. 
^s  Therefore  shall  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
Send  among  his  fat  ones  leanness  ; 
And  under  his  glory  he  shall  kindle  a  burn- 
ing 
Like  the  burning  of  a  fire. 
^'  And  the  light  of  Israel  shall  be  for  a  fire, 
And  his  Holy  One  for  a  flame : 
And  it  shall  burn  and  devour  his  thorns  and 

his  briers  in  one  day ; 
'^  And  shall  consume  the  glory  of  his  forest,  and 

of  his  fruitful  field, 
'  Both  soul  and  body : 
And  they  shall  be  as  when  a  standardbearer 

fainteth. 
^9  And  the  rest  of  the  trees  of  his  forest  shall  be 

»^few, 
That  a  child  may  write  them. 

'^0  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
That  the  remnant  of  Israel, 


i  Or,  as  if  a  rod  should  shake  them  that  lift  it  tip.    k  Or,  that  which  is 
7iot  wood.    I  Heb.  /ram  the  soul,  and  even  to  the  flesh,    m  Heb.  mimber. 


ISAIAH,  10.  39 


And   such  as  are  escaped  of    the   house   of 
Jacob, 

Shall  no  more  again  stay  upon  him  that  smote 
them ; 

But  shall  stay  upon  the  Lord, 

The  Holy  One  of  Israel,  in  truth. 
-^  The  remnant  shall  return,  even  the  remnant  of 
Jacob, 

Unto  the  mighty  God. 
"  For  though  thy  people  Israel  be  as  the  sand  of 
the  sea, 

Tet  a  remnant  ♦^  of  them  shall  return : 

The  consumption  decreed  shall  overflow  "  with 
righteousness. 
2"  For  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  shall  make  a  con- 
sumption, even  determined. 

In  the  midst  of  all  the  land. 

24  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts, 
O  my  people  that  dwellest  in  Zion, 

Be  not  afraid  of  the  Assyrian : 
He  shall  smite  thee  with  a  rod, 
/*And  shall  lift  up  his  staff  against  thee,  after 
the  m-anner  of  Egypt. 

25  For  yet  a  very  little  while,  and  the  indignation 

shall  cease, 
And  mine  anger  in  their  destruction. 


n  Heb.  in,  or,  among,    o  Or,  in,    p  Or,  hut  he  shall  lift  up  his  staff 
for  thee. 


40  ISAIAH,  10. 


2*^  And  the  Lord  of  liosts  shall  stir  up  a  scourge 

for  him 
According  to  the  slaughter  of  Midian  at  the 

rock  of  Oreb : 
And  as  his  rod  was  upon  the  sea, 
So  shall  he  lift  it  up  after  the  manner  of  Egypt. 
■•^^  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 

That  his  burden  ?  shall  be  taken  away  from  off 

thy  shoulder, 
And  his  yoke  from  off  thy  neck, 
And  the  yoke  shall  be  destroyed  because  of  the 

anointing. 

'^*  He  is  come  to  Aiath,  he  is  passed  to  Migron ; 

At  Michmash  he  hath  laid  up  his  carriages : 
-9  They  are  gone  over  the  passage  : 
They  have  taken  up  their  lodging  at  Geba ; 
Ramah  is  afraid  ;  Gibeah  of  Saul  is  fled. 
^^  '"Lift  U13  thy  voice,  O  daughter  of  Gallim  : 
Cause  it  to  be  heard  unto  Laish,  O  poor  Ana- 
thoth. 
^^  Madmenah  is  removed  ; 
The  inhabitants  of  Gebim  gather  themselves 
to  flee. 
^■^  As  yet  shall  he  remain  at  Nob  that  day : 
He  shall  shake  his  hand  against  the  mount  of 
the  daughter  of  Zion,  the  hill  of  Jerusalem. 

q  Heb.  shall  remove,     r  Heb.  Cry  shrill  with  thy  voice. 


ISAIAH,  11.  41 


3^  Behold,  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
Shall  lop  the  bough  with  terror : 
And  the  high  ones  of  stature  shall  he  hewn 

down, 
And  the  haughty  shall  be  humbled. 
^  And  he  shall  cut  down  the  thickets  of  the 
forest  with  iron. 
And  Lebanon  shall  fall  «by  a  mighty  one. 

1  1      AND  there  shall  come  forth  a  rod  out  of 
-^  the  stem  of  Jesse, 
And  a  Branch  shall  grow  out  of  his  roots : 

2  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  rest  upon 

him, 
The  spirit  of  wisdom  and  understanding, 
The  spirit  of  counsel  and  might, 
The  spirit  of  knowledge  and  of  the  fear  of 

the  Lord  ; 

3  And  shall  make  him  of  "  quick  understanding 

in  the  fear  of  the  Lord  : 
And  he  shall  not  judge  after  the  sight  of  his 

eyes, 
Neither  reprove  after  the  hearing  of  his  ears  : 
^  But  with  righteousness  shall  he  judge  the 

poor, 
And  *  reprove  with  equity  for  the  meek  of  the 

earth  : 

s  Or,  mightily,    a  Heb.  scent,  or,  smell,     b  Or,  argxie. 


42  ISAIAH,  11. 


And  he  shall  smite  the  earth  with  the  rod  of 

his  mouth, 
And  with  the  breath  of  his  lips  shall  he  slay 

the  wicked. 

5  And  righteousness  shall  be  the  girdle  of  his 

loins, 
And  faithfulness  the  girdle  of  his  reins, 

6  The  wolf  also  shall  dw^ell  w^ith  the  lamb. 
And  the  leopard  shall  lie  down  with  the  kid  ; 
And  the  calf  and  the  young  lion  and  the  fat- 
ling  together ; 

And  a  little  child  shall  lead  them. 
"^  And  the  cow  and  the  bear  shall  feed  ; 
Their  young  ones  shall  lie  down  together : 
And  the  lion  shall  eat  straw  like  the  ox, 
^  And  the  sucking  child  shall  play  on  the  hole 
of  the  asp. 
And  the  weaned  child  shall  put  his  hand  on 
the  '^cockatrice'  den. 
5  They  shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy  in  all  my  holy 
mountain : 
For  the  earth  shall  be  full  of  the  knowledge  of 

the  Lord, 
As  the  waters  cover  the  sea. 
'°  And  in  that  day  there  shall  be  a  root   of 
Jesse, 
Which  shall  stand  for  an  ensign  of  the  people; 


c  Or,  adder'' i 


ISAIAH,  11.  43 


To  it  shall  the  Gentiles  seek : 
And  his  rest  shall  be  '^  glorious. 
^*  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 

That  the  Lord  shall  set  his  hand  again  the 

second  time 
To  recover  the  remnant  of  his  people,  which 

shall  be  left,  from  Assyria, 
And  from  Egypt,  and  from  Pathros, 
And  from  Cush,  and  from  Elam,  and  from 

Shinar, 
And  from  Hamath,  and  from  the  islands  of 

the  sea. 
1-  And  he  shall  set  up  an  ensign  for  the  nations, 
And  shall  assemble  the  outcasts  of  Israel, 
And  gather  together  the  dispersed  of  Judah 
From  the  four  « corners  of  the  earth. 
'2  The  envy  also  of  Ephraim  shall  depart, 
And  the  adversaries  of  Judah  shall  be  cut  off: 
Ephraim  shall  not  envy  Judah, 
And  Judah  shall  not  vex  Ephraim. 
^^  But  they  shall  fly  upon  the  shoulders  of  the 

Philistines  toward  the  west ; 
They  shall  spoil  /  them  of  the  east  together : 
^'They  shall  lay  their  hand  upon  Edom  and 

Moab ; 
^And  the  children  of  Ammon  shall  obey  them. 

d  Heb.  glory,  e  Heb.  wings,  f  Heb.  the  children  of  the  east,  g  Heb. 
Edom  and  Moab  shall  be  the  laying  on  of  their  hand,  h  Heb.  the  children 
of  Ammon  their  obedience. 


44  ISAIAH,  12. 


^^  And  the  Lord  shall  utterly  destroy  the  tongue 

of  the  Egyptian  sea ; 
And  with  his  mighty  wind  shall  he  shake  his 

hand  over  the  river, 
And  shall  smite  it  in  the  seven  streams, 
And  make  men  go  over  Mryshod. 
^^  And  there  shall  be  a  highway  for  the  remnant 

of  his  people, 
Which  shall  be  left,  from  Assyria  ; 
Like  as  it  was  to  Israel 
In  the  day  that  he  came  up  out  of  the  land  of 

Egypt. 

1 2    A"^^  '^^  ^^^^  ^^^  i^ou  shalt  say, 

■^^    O  Lord,  I  will  praise  thee :  though 
thou  wast  angry  with  me, 
Thine  anger  is  turned  away,  and  thou  com- 
fortedst  me. 
2  Behold,  God  is  my  salvation ; 
I  will  trust,  and  not  be  afraid : 
For  the  Lord  JEHOVAH  is  my  strength  and 

my  song ; 
He  also  is  become  my  salvation. 
^  Therefore  with  joy  shall  ye  draw  water  out  of 

the  wells  of  salvation. 
^  And  in  that  day  shall  ye  say, 
Praise  the  Lord,  '^  call  upon  his  name, 

i  Heb.  in  shoes,    a  Or,  proclaim  Ms  name. 


ISAIAH,  13.  45 


Declare  his  doings  among  the  people, 
Make  mention  that  his  name  is  exalted. 

5  Sing  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  he  hath  done  excel- 

lent things  : 
This  is  known  in  all  the  earth. 

6  Cry  out  and  shout,  thou  *  inhabitant  of  Zion  : 
For  great  is  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  in  the 

midst  of  thee. 

1  O  npHE  burden  of  Babylon,  which  Isaiah 

J-    the  son  of  Amoz  did  see. 
-  Lift  ye  up  a  banner  upon  the  high  mountain, 
Exalt  the  voice  unto  them,  shake  the  hand, 
That  they  may   go    into   the    gates   of   the 
nobles. 
"  1  have  commanded  my  sanctified  ones, 
I  have  also  called  my  mighty  ones  for  mine 

anger, 
Even  them  that  rejoice  in  my  highness. 
'^  The  noise  of  a  multitude  in  the  mountains, 
« like  as  of  a  great  people ; 
A  tumultuous  noise  of  the  kingdoms  of  na- 
tions gathered  together : 
The  Lord  of  hosts  mustereth  the  host  of  the 
battle. 
^  They  come  from  a  far  country,  from  the  end 
of  heaven, 

b  Heb.  inhabitress.    a  Heb.  the  likeness  of. 


46  ISAIAH,  13. 


Even  the  Lord,  and  the  weapons  of  his  indig- 
nation, 
To  destroy  the  whole  land. 

^  Howl  ye ;    for  the    day  of  the  Lord  is  at 
hand ; 
It  shall  come  as  a  destruction  from  the  Al- 
mighty. 
■^  Therefore  shall  all  hands  *be  faint, 
And  every  man's  heart  shall  melt: 

8  And  they  shall  be  afraid :  pangs  and  sorrows 

shall  take  hold  of  them; 
They  shall  be  in  pain  as  a  woman  that  trav- 

aileth : 
They  shall  "  be  amazed  '^  one  at  another ; 
Their  faces  shall  be  as  ^  flames. 

9  Behold,  the  day  of  the  Lord  cometh, 
Cruel  both  with  wrath  and  fierce  anger, 

To  lay  the  land  desolate  :  and  he  shall  destroy 

the  sinners  thereof  out  of  it. 
^*^  For  the  stars  of  heaven  and  the  constellations 

thereof  shall  not  give  their  light : 
The  sun  shall  be  darkened  in  his  going  forth, 
And  the  moon  shall  not  cause  her  light  to 

shine. 

h  Or,  fall  doivn.    c  Heb.  wonder,    d  Heb.  every  man  at  Ms  neighbour, 
e  Heb.  /aces  of  the  flames. 


ISAIAH,  13.  47 


^^  And  I  will  punish  the  world  for  their  evil, 
And  the  wicked  for  their  iniquity  ; 
And  I  will  cause  the  arrogancy  of  the  proud 

to  cease, 
And  will  lay  low  the  haughtiness  of  the  ter- 
rible. 
^2 1  will  make  a  man  more  precious  than  fine 
gold  ; 
Even  a  man  than  the  golden  wedge  of  Ophir, 
^3  Therefore  I  will  shake  the  heavens, 
And  the  earth  shall  remove  out  of  her  place, 
In  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
And  in  the  day  of  his  fierce  anger. 
^*  And  it  shall  be  as  the  chased  roe, 
And  as  a  sheep  that  no  man  taketh  up  : 
They  shall  every  man  turn  to  his  own  people, 
And  flee  every  one  into  his  own  land. 
'^  Every  one    that  is    found    shall    be    thrust 
through ; 
And  every  one  that  is  joined  unto  them  shall  fall 
by  the  sword. 
^^  Their  children  also  shall  be  dashed  to  jDieces  be- 
fore their  eyes ; 
Their  houses  shall  be  spoiled,  and  their  wives 
ravished. 
^^  Behold,  I  will  stir  up  the  Medes  against  them, 
Which  shall  not  regard  silver ; 
And  as  for  gold,  they  shall  not  delight  in  it. 


48  ISAIAH,  13. 


^'^  Their  bows  also  shall  dash  the  young  men  to 

pieces ; 
And  they  shall  have  no  pity  on  the  fruit  of  the 

womb ; 
Their  eye  shall  not  spare  children, 
'9  And  Babylon,  the  glory  of  kingdoms. 
The  beauty  of  the  Chaldees'  excellency, 
Shall  be  /as  when  God  overthrew  Sodom  and 

Gomorrah. 
20  It  shall  never  be  inhabited, 
Neither  shall  it  be  dwelt  in  from  generation  to 

generation : 
Neither  shall  the  Arabian  pitch  tent  there  ; 
Neither  shall  the  shepherds  make  their  fold 

there, 
-'  But   9  wild  beasts    of    the    desert    shall    lie 

there ; 
And  their  houses  shall  be  full  of  ^doleful 

creatures ; 
And  »owls  shall  dwell  there. 
And  satyrs  shall  dance  there, 
22  And  ^  the  wild  beasts  of  the  islands  shall  cry 

in  their  'desolate  houses. 
And  dragons  in  their  pleasant  palaces :  and 

her  time  is  near  to  come. 
And  her  days  shall  not  be  prolonged, 

f  Heb,   as  the  overthrowing,     g  Heb.  Ziim.     h  Heb.    OcMm.     i  Or, 
ostriches.    Heb.  daughto-s  of  the  owl.    k  Heb.  lim.    I  Or,  palaces. 


ISAIAH.  14.  49 


1  A    tpOI^  the  Lord  will  have  mercy  on  Jacob, 
-T      And  will  yet  choose  Israel, 
And  set  them  in  their  own  land  : 
And  the  strangers  shall  be  joined  with  them, 
And  they  shall  cleave  to  the  house  of  Jacob. 
-  And  the  people  shall  take  them,  and  bring 
them  to  their  place  : 
And  the  house  of  Israel  shall  possess  them  in 

the  land  of  the  Lord 
For  servants  and  handmaids : 
And  they  shall  take  them  captives,  ^  whose 

captives  they  were ; 
And  they  shall  rule  over  their  oppressors. 

^  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  day  that 

the  Lord  shall  give  thee  rest  from  thy  sorrow, 

and  from  thy  fear,  and  from  the  hard  bondage 

wherein  thou  wast  made  to  serve,  *  that  thou 

shalt  take  up  this  *  proverb  against  the  king  of 

Babylon,  and  say, 

How  hath  the  oppressor  ceased  !  the  "  golden 

city  ceased  ! 

^  The  Lord  hath  broken  the  staff  of  the  wicked, 

and  the  sceptre  of  the  rulers. 
^  He  who  smote  the  people  in  wrath  with  '^  a 
continual  stroke, 

a  Heb.  that  had  taken  them  captives,    b  Or,  taunting  speech,    c  Or,  ex- 
actress  of  gold,     d  Heb.  a  stroke  without  removing. 


50  ISAIAH,  14. 


He  that  ruled  the  nations  in  anger,  is  perse- 
cuted, and  none  hindereth. 
"^  The  whole  earth  is  at  rest,  and  is  quiet:  they 

break  forth  into  singing. 
^  Yea,   the  fir  trees  rejoice  at  thee,  and  the 
cedars  of  Lebanon,  saying, 
Since  thou  art  laid  down,  no  feller  is  come 
up  against  us. 
^  «Hell  from  beneath  is  moved  for  thee  to  meet 
thee  at  thy  coming : 
It  stirreth  up  the  dead  for  thee,  e^en  all  the 

/  chief  ones  of  the  earth  ; 
It  hath  raised  up  from  their  thrones  all  the 
kings  of  the  nations. 
'0  All  they  shall  speak  and  say  unto  thee, 
Art  thou  also  become  weak  as  we  ?  art  thou 
become  like  unto  us  ? 
'^  Thy  pomp  is  brought  down  to  the  grave,  and 
the  noise  of  thy  viols : 
The  worm  is  spread  under  thee,  and  the  worms 
cover  thee. 


How  art  thou  fallen  from  heaven,  o  O  Lucifer, 

son  of  the  morning  ! 
HoiD  art  thou  cut  down  to  the  ground,  which 

didst  weaken  the  nations  ! 


c  Or,   The  grave,     f  Heb.  leaders.     Or,  great  goats,     g  Or,  O  day- 
star. 


ISAIAH,  14.  51 


13  For  thou  hast  said  in  thine  heart,  I  will  ascend 

into  heaven, 

I  will  exalt  my  throne  above  the  stars  of 
God: 

I  will  sit  also  upon  the  mount  of  the  congre- 
gation, in  the  sides  of  the  north  : 

14  I  will  ascend  above  the  heights  of  the  clouds ; 

I  will  be  like  the  Most  High. 
1°  Yet  thou  shalt  be  brought  down  to  hell,  to 
the  sides  of  the  pit. 

I''  They  that  see  thee  shall  narrowly  look  upon 
thee,  and  consider  thee,  saying, 
Is  this  the  man  that  made  the  earth  to  tremble, 
that  did  shake  kingdoms  ; 
1''  That  made  the  world  as  a  wilderness,  and 
destroyed  the  cities  thereof; 
That  ^  opened  not  the  house  of  his  prisoners  ? 
1^  All  the  kings  of  the  nations,  even  all  of  them, 

Lie  in  glory,  every  one  in  his  own  house. 
13  But  thou  art  cast  out  of  thy  grave  like  an 
abominable  branch. 
And  as  the  raiment  of  those  that  are  slain, 

thrust  through  with  a  sword. 
That  go  down  to  the  stones  of  the  pit ;  as  a 
carcass  trodden  under  feet. 
2'^  Thou  shalt  not  be  joined  with  them  in  burial, 

/(  Or,  did  not  let  his  prisoners  loose  homeward. 


52  ISAIAH,  14. 


Because  thou  hast  destroyed  thy  land,  and 
slain  thy  people : 

The   seed  of  evil   doers   shall  never  be   re- 
nowned. 
-'  Prepare  slaughter  for  his  children  for  the  in- 
iquity of  their  fathers ; 

That  they  do  not  rise,  nor  possess  the  land, 

Nor  fill  the  face  of  the  world  with  cities. 
'-  For  I  will  rise  up  against  them,   saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts, 

And  cut  off  from  Babylon  the  name,   and 
remnant. 

And  son,  and  nephew,  saith  the  Lord. 
23  I  will  also  make  it  a  possession  for  the  bit- 
tern, and  pools  of  water: 

And  I  will  sweep  it  with  the  besom  of  de- 
struction, saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

2-*  The  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sworn,  saying. 
Surely  as  I  have  thought,  so  shall  it  come  to 

pass  ; 
And  as  I  have  purposed,  so  shall  it  stand: 
-^  That  I  will  break  the  Assyrian  in  my  land, 
And  upon  my  mountains  tread  him  under 

foot: 
Then  shall  his  yoke  depart  from  off  them. 
And  his  burden  depart  from  off  their  shoul- 
ders. 


ISAIAH,  14.  53 


2s  This  is  the  purpose  that  is  purposed  upon  the 
whole  earth : 
And  this  is  the  hand  that  is  stretched  out 
upon  all  the  nations. 
'-^''  For  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  purposed,  and 
who  shall  disannul  it? 
And  his  hand  is  stretched  out,  and  who  shall 
turn  it  back? 

28  In  the  year  that  king  Ahaz  died  was  this 

burden. 

29  Rejoice  not  thou,  whole  Palestina, 
Because  the  rod  of  him  that  smote  thee  is 

broken : 
For  out  of  the  serpent's  root  shall  come  forth 

a  *'  cockatrice, 
And    his   fruit  sTiall   he   a    fiery  flying    ser- 
pent. 
^^  And  the  firstborn  of  the  poor  shall  feed, 
And  the  needy  shall  lie  down  in  safety : 
And  I  will  kill  thy  root  with  famine, 
And  he  shall  slay  thy  remnant. 
21  Howl,  O  gate  ;  cry,  O  city  ; 
Thou,  whole  Palestina,  art  dissolved  : 
For  there  shall  come  from  the  north  a  smoke, 
And  ^"none  shall  he  alone  in  his  ^appointed 
times. 

i  Or,  adder,    k  Or,  he  shall  not  be  alone.    I  Or,  assemblies. 


54  ISAIAH,  15. 


3-  What  shall  one  then  answer  the  messengers  of 
the  nation  ? 
That  the  Lord  hath  founded  Zion, 
And  the  poor  of  his  people  shall  "*  trust  in  it. 

15  T^^^  burden  of  Moab. 

-L     Because  in  the  night  Ar  of  Moab  is 
laid  waste,  and  '^  brought  to  silence ; 
Because  in  the  night  Kir  of  Moab  is  laid 
waste,  and  brought  to  silence : 
'  He  is  gone  up  to  Bajith,  and  to  Dibon,  the 
high  places,  to  weep  : 
Moab  shall  howl  over  Nebo,  and  over  Med- 

eba  : 
On  all  their  heads  sliall  he  baldness,  and  every 
beard  cut  off. 
^  In  their  streets  they  shall  gird  themselves  with 
sackcloth : 
On  the  tops  of   their  houses,  and   in   their 

streets. 
Every  one  shall  howl,  *  weeping  abundantly. 
■^  And  Heshbon  shall  cry,  and  Elealeh  ; 
Their  voice  shall  be  heard  ewn  unto  Jahaz  : 
Therefore  the  armed  soldiers  of  Moab  shall  cry 

out ; 
His  life  shall  be  grievous  unto  him. 

m  Or,  ietake  themselves  unto  it.    a  Or,  exit  off.     I  Heb.  descending  into 
weeping,  or,  coming  down  with  weeping. 


ISAIAH,  16.  55 


My  heart  shall  cry  out  for  Moab  ; 
'^His  fugitives  shall  flee  unto  Zoar, 
A  heifer  of  three  years  old  : 
For  by  the  mounting  up  of  Luhith  with  weep- 
ing shall  they  go  it  up  ; 
For  in  the  way  of  Horonaim  they  shall  raise 

up  a  cry  of  ''  destruction. 
For  the  waters  of  Nimrim  shall  be  *  desolate  : 
For  the  hay  is  withered  away,  the  grass  fail- 

eth,  there  is  no  green  thing. 
Therefore  the  abundance  they  have  gotten, 

and  that  which  they  have  laid  up, 
Shall  they  carry  away  to  the  /  brook  of  the 

willows. 
For  the  cry  is  gone  round  about  the  borders 

of  Moab ; 
The  howling  thereof  unto  Eglaim,  and  the 

howling  thereof  unto  Beer-elim. 
For  the  waters  of  Dimon  shall  be  full  of 

blood : 
For  I  will  bring  9  more  upon  Dimon, 
Lions  upon  him  that  escapeth  of  Moab, 
And  upon  the  remnant  of  the  land. 


16  S 


END  ye  the  lamb  to  the  ruler  of  the 
land 


c  Or,  to  the  borders  thereof,  even  to  Zoar,  as  a  heifer,    d  Heb.  breaking, 
e  Heb.  desolations,    f  Or,  valley  of  the  Arabians,    g  Heb.  additions. 


56  ISAIAH,  16. 


From  « Sela*  to  the  wilderness, 

Unto  the  mount  of  the  daughter  of  Zion. 
'^  For  it  shall  be,  that,  as  a  wandering  bird  *  cast 
out  of  the  nest, 

So  the  daughters  of  Moab  shall  be  at  the  fords 
of  Arnon. 
3  ''Take  counsel,  execute  judgment; 

Make  thy  shadow  as  the  night  in  the  midst  of 
the  noonday  ; 

Hide  the  outcasts ;  bewray  not  him  that  wan- 
dereth. 
"*  Let  mine  outcasts  dwell  with  thee,  Moab ; 

Be  thou  a  covert  to  them  from  the  face  of  the 
spoiler : 

For  the  '^  extortioner  is  at  an  end,  the  spoiler 
ceaseth, 

*The    oppressors   are   consumed  out   of  the 
land. 
5  And  in  mercy  shall  the  throne  be    /estab- 
lished : 

And  he  shall  sit  upon  it  in  truth  in  the  taber- 
nacle of  David, 

Judging,  and  seeking  judgment,  and  hasting 
righteousness. 
^  We  have  heard  of  the  pride  of  Moab ;  lie  is 
very  proud : 

a  Or,  Petra.   Heb.  A  rocA:.    b  Or,  a  nest  forsaken,   c  "Rah.  Bring.   i^Heb. 
wringer,    e  Heh.  the  treaders  down,   f  Or,  prepared. 


ISAIAH,  16.  57 


Even  of  his  haughtiness,  and  his  pride,  and 

his  wrath : 
But  his  lies  shall  not  he  so. 
'  Therefore  shall  Moab  howl  for  Moab,  every 

one  shall  howl : 
For  the  foundations  of  Kir-hareseth  shall  ye 

s  mourn  ;  surely  they  are  stricken. 
^  For  the  fields  of  Heshbon  languish,  and  the 

vine  of  Sibmah : 
The  lords  of  the  heathen  have  broken  down 

the  principal  plants  thereof. 
They  are  come  even  unto  Jazer,  they  wan- 
dered through  the  wilderness : 
Her  branches  are  ^stretched  out,   they  are 

gone  over  the  sea. 
^  Therefore  I  will  bewail  with  the  weeping  of 

Jazer  the  vine  of  Sibmah : 
I  will  water  thee  with  my  tears,  O  Heshbon, 

and  Elealeh: 
For  ^  the  shouting  for  thy  summer  fruits  and 

for  thy  harvest  is  fallen. 
'°  And  gladness  is  taken  away,  and  joy  out  of 

the  plentiful  field ; 
And  in  the  vineyards  there  shall  be  no  sing- 
ing, neither  shall  there  be  shouting  : 
The  treaders  shall  tread  out  no  wine  in  their 

presses  ; 

</  Or,  mutter,    h  Or,  plucked  up.    i  Or,  the  alarm  is  fallen  upon,  &c. 


58  ISAIAH,  17. 


I     have    made     their    mntage    shouting    to 
cease. 
"  Wherefore  my  bowels  shall  sound  like  a  harp 
for  Moab, 
And  mine  inward  parts  for  Kir-haresh. 
'-  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  it  is  seen  that 
Moab  is  weary  on  the  high  place, 
That  he  shall  come  to  his  sanctuary  to  pray  ; 
but  he  shall  not  prevail. 

'3  This  is  the  word  that  the  Lord  hath  spoken 

concerning  Moab  since  that  time.     ^'^  But  now 

the  Lord  hath  spoken,  saying, 

Within  three  years,  as  the  years  of  a  hireling. 

And  the  glory  of  Moab  shall  be  contemned, 

with  all  that  great  multitude ; 
And   the   remnant  shall   be  very  small   and 
^•feeble. 

1  n  rpHE  burden  of  Damascus. 

J-    Behold,  Damascus  is  taken  away  from 
being  a  city. 
And  it  shall  be  a  ruinous  heap. 

2  The  cities  of  Aroer  are  forsaken  : 
They  shall  be  for  flocks, 

Which  shall  lie  down,  and  none  shall  make 
them  afraid. 

k  Or,  not  many. 


ISAIAH.  17.  59 


2  The  fortress  also  shall  cease  from  Ephraim, 
And  the  kingdom  from  Damascus,  and  the 

remnant  of  Syria : 
They  shall  be  as  the  glory  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 
**  And  in  that  day  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
That   the    glory    of    Jacob    shall    be    made 

thin, 
And    the    fatness    of    his    flesh    shall    wax 
lean. 
^  And  it  shall  be  as  when  the  harvestman  gath- 
ereth  the  corn, 
And  reapeth  the  ears  with  his  arm ; 
And  it  shall  be  as  he  that  gathereth  ears  in  the 
valley  of  Rephaim. 
^  Yet  gleaning  grapes  shall  be  left  in  it,  as  the 
shaking  of  an  olive  tree, 
Two  or  three  berries  in  the  top  of  the  upper- 
most bough, 
Four  or  five  in  the  outmost  fruitful  branches 

thereof, 
Saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel. 
■^  At    that    day    shall    a    man    look    to    his 
Maker, 
And  his  eyes  shall  have  respect  to  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel. 
s  And  he  shall  not  look  to  the  altars,  the  work 
of  his  hands. 


60  ISAIAH,  17. 


Neither  shall  respect  that  which  his  lingers 

have  made, 
Either  the  groves,  or  the  "images. 
^  In  that  day  shall  his  strong  cities  be 
As  a  forsaken    bough,    and   an   uppermost 

branch, 
Which  they  left  because  of  the  children  of 

Israel : 
And  there  shall  be  desolation. 
"^  Because  thou  hast  forgotten  the  God  of  thy 

salvation. 
And  hast  not  been  mindful  of  the  Rock  of 

thy  strength, 
Therefore  shalt  thou  plant  pleasant  plants, 
And  shalt  set  it  with  strange  slips: 
' '  In  the  day  shalt  thou  make  thy  plant  to  grow. 
And  in  the  morning  shalt  thou  make  thy  seed 

to  flourish : 
But  the  harvest  shall  he  *  a  heap  in  the  day  of 

grief  and  of  desperate  sorrow. 

''  Woe  to  the  "  multitude  of  many  people, 
Which  make  a  noise  like  the  noise  of  the  seas  ; 
And  to  the  rushing  of  nations. 
That  make  a  rushing    like  the  rushing  of 
'^  mighty  waters  ! 

a  Or,  sxin  images.    6  Or,  removed  in  the  day  of  inheritance,  a?id  there 
shall  be  deadly  sorrow,    c  Or,  7ioise.    d  Or,  many. 


ISAIAH,  18.  61 


'^  The  nations  shall  rush  like  the  rushing  of 
many  waters : 

But  Ood  shall  rebuke  them,  and  they  shall 
flee  far  off. 

And  shall  be  chased  as  the  chaff  of  the  mount- 
ains before  the  wind, 

And  like  ^  a  rolling  thing  before  the  whirlwind. 
^^  And  behold  at  eveningtide  trouble ; 

And  before  the  morning  he  is  not. 

This  is  the  portion  of  them  that  spoil  us, 

And  the  lot  of  them  that  rob  us. 

1  O  "\'\7'0E  to  the  land  shadowing  with  wings, 

▼  ▼     Which  is  beyond  the  rivers  of  Ethio- 
pia : 
-  That  sendeth  ambassadors  by  the  sea, 
Even  in  vessels  of  bulrushes  upon  the  waters, 

saying, 
Go,  ye  swift  messengers. 
To  a  nation  «  scattered  and  peeled, 
To  a  people  terrible  from  their  beginning  hith- 
erto ; 
*A  nation  meted  out  and  trodden  down, 
"  Whose  land  the  rivers  have  spoiled  ! 

2  All  ye  inhabitants  of  the  world,  and  dwellers 

on  the  earth, 

€  Or,  thistle  down,  a  Or,  outspread  and  polinhed.  b  Or,  a  nation  that 
metelh  out,  and  treadeth  dotvn.  Heb.  a  nation  of  line,  line,  and  tread- 
ing underfoot,    c  Or,  whose  land  the  rivers  despise. 


62  ISAIAH,  18. 


See  ye,  when  he  lifteth  up  an  ensign  on  the 

mountains ; 
And  when  he  bloweth  a  trumpet,  hear  ye. 
•^  For  so  the  Lord  said  unto  me, 
I  will  take  my  rest,  and  I  will  '^  consider  in  my 

dwellingplace 
Like  a  clear  heat  ^  upon  herbs. 
And  like  a  cloud  of  dew  in  the  heat  of  harvest. 
^  For  afore  the  harvest,  when  the  bud  is  perfect, 
And  the  sour  grape  is  ripening  in  the  flower, 
He  shall  both  cut  off  the  sprigs  with  pruning- 

hooks, 
And  take  away  and  cut  down  the  branches. 
6  They  shall  be  left  together  unto  the  fowls  of 

the  mountains, 
And  to  the  beasts  of  the  earth  : 
And  the  fowls  shall  summer  upon  them. 
And  all  the  beasts  of  the  earth  shall  winter 

upon  them. 
'  In  that  time  shall  the  present  be  brought  unto 

the  Lord  of  hosts 
Of  a  people  f  scattered  and  peeled. 
And  from  a  people  terrible  from  their  begin- 
ning hitherto  ; 
A  nation  meted  out  and  trodden  under  foot. 
Whose  land  the  rivers  have  spoiled, 

rf  Or,  regard  my  set  dwelling,    e  Or,  after  rain.   /Or,  outspread  and 
polished :  See  ver.  2. 


ISAIAH,  19.  63 


To  the  place  of  the  name  of  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
the  mount  Zion. 

1  Q  'T^HE  burden  of  Egypt. 

J-  Behold,  the  Lord  rideth  upon  a  swift 
cloud,  and  shall  come  into  Egypt : 

And  the  idols  of  Egypt  shall  be  moved  at  his 
presence, 

And  the  heart  of  Egypt  shall  melt  in  the  midst 
of  it. 

2  And  I  will  ""  set  the  Egyptians  against  the 

Egyptians  : 

And  they  shall  fight  every  one  against  his 
brother,  and  every  one  against  his  neigh- 
bour; 

City  against  city,  and  kingdom  against  king- 
dom. 
2  And  the  spirit  of  Egypt  ^  shall  fail  in  the 
midst  thereof; 

And  I  will  '^destroy  the  counsel  thereof: 

And  they  shall  seek  to  the  idols,  and  to  the 
charmers, 

And  to  them  that  have  familiar  spirits,  and 
to  the  wizards. 
^  And  the  Egyptians  will  I  ^  give  over  into  the 
hand  of  a  cruel  lord  ; 

a  Heb.  mingle,    b  Heb.  shall  he  emptied,    c  Heb.  Btvallow  up.    d  Or, 
shiU  up. 


64  ISAIAH,  19. 


And  a  fierce  king  shall  rule  over  them, 
Saitli  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts. 
^  And  the  waters  shall  fail  from  the  sea. 

And  the  river  shall  be  wasted  and  dried  up. 
^  And  they  shall  turn  the  rivers  far  away  ; 
A7id  the  brooks  of  defence  shall  be  emptied 

and  dried  up  : 
The  reeds  and  flags  shall  wither. 
'  The  paper  reeds  by  the  brooks,  by  the  mouth 
of  the  brooks. 
And  every  thing  sown  by  the  brooks, 
Shall   wither,  be  driven  away,  ^and  be  no 
more. 

8  The  fishers  also  shall  mourn, 

And  all  they  that  cast  angle  into  the  brooks 

shall  lament. 
And  they  that  spread  nets  upon  the  waters 

shall  languish. 

9  Moreover  they  that  work  in  fine  flax, 

And  they  that  weave  /networks,  shall  be  con- 
founded. 
^0  And  they  shall  be  broken  in  the  i'  purposes 
thereof. 

All  that  make  sluices  a?id  ponds  ^for  fish. 

^^  Surely  the  princes  of  Zoan  are  fools, 

e  Heb.   and  shall  not  he.     f  Or,  wTiite  works,    g  Heb.  foundations, 
h  Heb.  of  living  things. 


ISAIAH,  19.  65 


The  counsel  of  the  wise  counsellors  of  Pharaoh 

is  become  brutish  : 
How  say  ye  unto  Pharaoh,  I  am  the  son  of  the 

wise, 
The  son  of  ancient  kings  ? 
^-  Where  are  they  ?  where  are  thy  wise  men? 
And  let  them  tell  thee  now. 
And  let  them  know  what  the  Lord  of  hosts 
hath  purposed  upon  Egypt. 
^'  The  princes  of  Zoau  are  become  fools, 
The  princes  of  Noph  are  deceived  ; 
They  have  also  seduced  Egypt,  emn  '■they  that 
are  the  stay  of  the  tribes  thereof. 
'■*  The  Lord  hath  mingled  '^a  perverse  spirit  in 
the  midst  thereof : 
And  they  have  caused  Egypt  to  err  in  every 

w^ork  thereof, 
As  a  drunken  man  staggereth  in  his  vomit. 
'5  Neither  shall  there  be  any  work  for  Egypt, 
Which  the  head  or  tail,  branch  or  rush,  may  do. 
'^  In  that  day  shall  Egypt  be  like  unto  women : 
And  it  shall  be  afraid  and  fear 
Because  of  the  shaking  of  the  hand  of  the 

Lord  of  hosts, 
Which  he  shaketh  over  it. 
' '  And  the  land  of  Judah  shall  be  a  terror  unto 
Egypt, 

i  Or,  governors.    Heb.  corners,    k  Heb.  a  spirit  of  perverseness. 


66  ISAIAH,  19. 


Every  one  that  niaketh  mention  thereof  shall 

be  afraid  in  himself, 
Because  of  the  counsel  of  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
Which  he  hath  determined  against  it. 

^8  In  that  day  shall  five   cities  in  the  land  of 

Egypt 
Speak  'the  language  of  Canaan, 
And  sw^ear  to  the  Lord  of  hosts ; 
One   shall  be   called,  The   city  "'of  destruc- 
tion. 
^^  In  that  day  shall  there  be  an  altar  to  the  Lord 

in  the  midst  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
And   a   pillar  at  the  border  thereof  to  the 

Lord. 
^°  And  it  shall  be  for  a  sign  and  for  a  witness 

unto  the  Lord  of  hosts  in  the  land  of  Egypt: 
For  they  shall  cry  unto  the  Lord  because  of 

the  oppressors, 
And  he  shall  send  them  a  saviour,  and  a  great 

one,  and  he  shall  deliver  them. 
*'  And  the  Lord  shall  be  known  to  Egypt, 
And  the  Egyptians  shall  know  the  Lord  in 

that  da)"", 
And  shall  do  sacrifice  and  oblation  ; 
Yea,  they  shall  vow  a  vow  unto  the  Lord, 

and  perform  it. 

I  Heb.  the  lip.    m  Or,  of  Heres,  or,  of  the  sun. 


ISAIAH,  20. 


"  And  the  Lord  shall  smite  Egypt :  he  shall 
smite  and  heal  it: 
And  they  shall  return  emn  to  the  Lord,  and 
he  shall  be  entreated  of  them,  and  shall  heal 
them. 
"■'  In  that  day  shall  there  be  a  highway  out  of 
Egypt  to  Assyria, 
And   the   Assyrian   shall   come    into    Egypt, 

and  the  Egyptian  into  Assyria, 
And  the  Egyptians  shall  serve  with  the  As- 
syrians. 
^^  In  that  day  shall   Israel  be   the  third   with 
Egypt  and  with  Assyria, 
Even  a  blessing  in  the  midst  of  the  land  : 
^^  Whom  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  bless,  saying, 
Blessed  he  Egypt  my  people, 
And  Assyria  the  work  of  my  hands. 
And  Israel  mine  inheritance. 

20  T"^  ^'^^  ^^^^  ^^^^  Tartan  came  unto  Ash- 
J-  dod,  (when  Sargon  the  king  of  Assyria 
sent  him,)  and  fought  against  Ashdod,  and  took 
it ;  2  at  the  same  time  spake  the  Lord  "by  Isaiah 
the  son  of  Amoz,  saying. 
Go    and   loose   the    sackcloth  from    off    thy 

loins, 
And  put  off  thy  shoe  from  thy  foot. 

a  Heb.  hy  the  hand  of  Isaiah. 


68  ISAIAH,  21. 


And    he    did    so,    walking    naked   and   bare- 
foot.    ^  And  the  Lord  said, 

Like  as  my  servant  Isaiah  hath  walked  naked 
and  barefoot 

Three  years /<?r  a  sign  and  wonder 

Upon  Egypt  and  upon  Ethiopia  ; 
••  So  shall  the  king  of  Assyria  lead  away  *  the 
Egyptians    prisoners,    and    the    Ethiopians 
captives, 

Young  and  old,  naked  and  barefoot. 

Even  with  their  buttocks  uncovered, 

To  the  "  shame  of  Egypt. 
'"  And  they  shall  be  afraid  and  ashamed  of  Ethi- 
opia their  expectation, 

And  of  Egypt  their  glory. 
^  And  the  inhabitant  of  this  '^isle  shall  say  in  that 
day, 

Behold,  such  is  our  expectation, 

Whither  we  flee  for  help 

To  be  delivered  from  the  king  of  Assyria  : 

And  how  shall  we  escape  ? 

p"]    npHE  burden  of  the  desert  of  the  sea. 

-L  As  whirlwinds  in  the  south  pass  through; 
So\t  cometli  from  the  desert,from  a  terrible  land. 
-  A  <"  grievous  vision  is  declared  unto  me  ; 

6Heb.  t%t  captivity  of  Egypt.     cHeb.  nakedneee.     rfOr.  country,  Jer. 
47.  4.    a  Heb.  hard. 


ISAIAH,  21. 


The  treacherous  dealer  dealeth  treacherously, 

and  the  spoiler  spoileth. 
Go  up,  O  Elam  :  besiege,  O  Media  : 
All  the  sighing  thereof  have  I  made  to  cease. 
2  Therefore  are  my  loins  filled  with  pain : 
Pangs  have  taken  hold  upon  me,  as  the  pangs 

of  a  woman  that  travaileth  : 
I  was  bowed  down  at  the  hearing  ofit; 
I  was  dismayed  at  the  seeing  ofit. 
^  *  My  heart  panted,  f earf  ulness  affrighted  me  : 
The  night  of  my  pleasure  hath  he  'turned  into 
fear  unto  me. 
^  Prepare  the  table,  watch  in  the  watchtower, 
eat,  drink : 
Arise,  ye  princes,  and  anoint  the  shield. 
^  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  said  unto  me, 
Go,  set  a  watchman. 
Let  him  declare  what  he  seeth. 
'  And  he  saw  a  chariot  with  a  couple  of  horse- 
men, 
A  chariot  of  asses,  and  a  chariot  of  camels  ; 
And  he  hearkened  diligently  with  much  heed: 
®  And  '^  he  cried,  A  lion  : 
My  lord,  I  stand  continually  upon  the  watch- 
tower  in  the  daytime. 
And  I  am  set  in  my  ward  "  whole  nights  : 

h  Or,  ily  mind  wandered,    c  Heb.  put.    d  Or,  cried  as  a  lion,    t  Or, 
every  night. 


ISAIAH,  21. 


^  And,  behold,  here  cometh  a  chariot  of  men, 
with  a  couple  of  horsemen. 
And  he  answered  and  said, 
Babylon  is  fallen,  is  fallen  ; 
And  all  the  graven  images  of  her  gods  he  hath 
broken  unto  the  ground. 
^^  O  my  threshing,  and  the  f  corn  of  my  floor : 
That  which  I  have  heard  of  the  Lord  of  hosts, 

the  God  of  Israel, 
Have  I  declared  unto  you. 

'^  The  burden  of  Dumah. 

He  calleth  to  me  out  of  Seir, 

Watchman,  what  of  the  night  ? 

Watchman,  what  of  the  night  ? 
'-  The  watchman  said, 

The  morning  cometh,  and  also  the  night : 

If  ye  will  inquire,  inquire  ye  : 

Return,  come. 

^^  The  burden  upon  Arabia. 
In  the  forest  in  Arabia  shall  ye  lodge, 
O  ye  travelling  companies  of  Dedanim. 
'^  The  inhabitants  of  the  land  of  Tema  i' brought 
water  to  him  that  was  thirsty, 
They   prevented  with  their  bread   him   that 
fled. 

/  Heb.  son.    g  Or,  hring  ye. 


ISAIAH,  22.  71 


^^  For  they  fled  ^from  the  swords,  from  the  draw3 
sword,  and  from  the  bent  bow, 
And  from  the  grievousness  of  war. 
^'^  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  said  unto  me, 
Within  a  year,  according  to  the  years  of  a  hire- 
ling, 
And  all  the  glory  of  Kedar  shall  fail : 
^^  And    the    residue  of    the  number  of  'arch- 
ers, 
The  mighty  men  of  the  children  of  Kedar,  shall 

be  diminished  : 
For  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  hath  spoken  it. 

pp  nnHE  burden  of  the  valley  of  vision. 

-L    What  aileth  thee  now,  that  thou  art 
wholly  gone  up  to  the  housetops  ? 
"■*  Thou  that  art  full  of  stirs, 
A  tumultuous  city,  a  joyous  city  : 
Thy  slain  men  are  not  slain  with  the  sword. 
Nor  dead  in  battle. 
^  All  thy  rulers  are  fled  together,  they  are  bound 
'^  b}^  the  archers  : 
All  that  are  found  in  thee  are  bound  together, 
which  have  fled  from  far. 
"*  Therefore  said  I,  Look  away  from  me  ;  *I  will 
weep  bitterly, 

A  Or,  for  fear.   Heb.  from  the  face,    i  Heb.  hows,    a  Heb.  of  the  how. 
b  Heb.  /  will  he  hitter  in  weeping. 


72  ISAIAH,  22. 


Labour  not  to  comfort  me,  because  of  the  spoil- 
ing of  the  daughter  of  my  people. 
*  For  it  is  a  day  of  trouble,  and  of  treading  down, 
and  of  perplexity 
By  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  in  the  valley  of  vision, 
Breaking  down  the  walls,  and  of  crying  to  the 
mountains. 
^  And  Elam  bare  the  quiver 
With  chariots  of  men  a?id  horsemen. 
And  Kir  <"  uncovered  the  shield. 
''  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  tJiat  ^  thy  choicest 
valleys  shall  be  full  of  chariots. 
And  the  horsemen  shall  set  themselves  in  array 
'  at  the  gate. 
^  And  he  discovered  the  covering  of  Judah, 
And  thou  didst  look  in  that  day  to  the  armour 
of  the  house  of  the  forest. 
^  Ye  have  seen  also  the  breaches  of  the  city  of 
David,  that  they  are  many  : 
And  ye  gathered  together  the  waters  of  the 
lower  pool. 
^^  And  ye  have  numbered  the  houses  of  Jerusa- 
lem, 
And  the  houses  have  ye  broken  down  to  for- 
tify the  wall. 
"  Ye  made  also  a  ditch  between  the  two  w^alls 
for  the  water  of  the  old  pool : 

c  Heb.  made  naked,    d  Heb.  the  choice  of  thy  valleys,    e  Or,  toward. 


ISAIAH,  22.  73 


But   ye    have    not   looked   unto    the  maker 

thereof, 
Neither  had  respect  unto  him  that  fashioned  it 

long  ago. 
12  And  in  that  day  did  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  call 

to  weeping,  and  to  mourning, 
And  to  baldness,  and  to  girding  with  sackcloth : 
'^  And  behold  joy  and  gladness, 
Slaying  oxen,  and  killing  sheep. 
Eating  flesh,  and  drinking  wine  : 
Let  us  eat  and  drink  ;  for  to  morrow  we  shall 

die, 
'•*  And  it  was  revealed  in  mine  ears  by  the  Lord 

of  hosts, 
Surely  this  iniquity  shall  not  be  purged  from 

you  till  ye  die, 
Saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts. 

'^  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts,  Go,  get  thee 
unto  this  treasurer,  even  unto  Shebna,  which  is 
over  the  house,  and  say, 

1^  What  hast  thou  here,  and  whom   hast  thou 
here, 
That  thou  hast  hewed  thee  out  a  sepulchre 

here, 
fAs  he  that  heweth  him  out  a  sepulchre  on 
high, ^__^ 

/Or,  O/ie. 


74  ISAIAH,  22. 


Aiid  that  graveth  a  liabitation  for  himself  in  a 
rock  ? 
^^  Behold,  J' the  Lord  will  carry  thee  away  with 
*  a  mighty  captivity, 
And  will  surely  cover  thee. 
'^  He  will  surely  violently  turn  and  toss  thee  like 
a  ball 
Into  a  ^arge  country  :  there  shalt  thou  die. 
And  there  the  chariots  of  thy  glory 
Shall  be  the  shame  of  thy  lord's  house. 
'^  And  I  will  drive  thee  from  thy  station, 

And  from  thy  state  shall  he  pull  thee  down. 
■-"  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day. 

That  I  will  call  my  servant  Eliakim  the  son  of 
Hilkiah  : 
-'  And  I  will  clothe  him  with  thy  robe. 
And  strengthen  him  with  thy  girdle. 
And  I  will  commit  thy  government  into  his 

hand : 
And  he  shall  be  a  father  to  the  inhabitants  of 

Jerusalem, 
And  to  the  house  of  Judah. 
■--  And  the  key  of  the  house  of  David  will  I  lay 
upon  his  shoulder ; 
So  he  shall  open,  and  none  shall  shut ; 
And  he  shall  shut,  and  none  shall  open. 

(f  Or,  the  Lord  vjJw  covered  thee  with  an  excellent  covering,  and  clothed 
thee  gorgeously,  shnll  surely,  <£c.  ver.  18.  h  Heb.  the  captivity  of  a  man. 
i  Heb.  large  of  spaces. 


ISAIAH,  23.  75 


^^  And  I  will  fasten   him  as  a  nail  in  a  sure 
place  ; 

And  he  shall  be  for  a  glorious  throne  to  his 
father's  house. 
- '  And  they  shall  hang  upon  him  all  the  glory  of 
his  father's  house, 

The  offspring  and  the  issue, 

All  vessels  of  small  quantity. 

From  the  vessels  of  cups,  even  to  all  the  *  ves- 
sels of  flagons. 
-^  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

Shall  the  nail  that  is  fastened  in  the  sure  place 
be  removed. 

And  be  cut  down,  and  fall ; 

And  the  burden  that  was  upon  it  shall  be  cut 
off: 

For  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

OQ  'T^HE  burden  of  Tyre. 

J-    Howl,  ye  ships  of  Tarshish  ; 
For  it  is  laid  waste,  so  that  there  is  no  house, 

no  entering  in : 
From  the  land  of  Chittim  it  is  revealed  to 
them. 
-  Be  "  still,  ye  inhabitants  of  the  isle  ; 
Thou  whom  the  merchants  of  Zidon,  that  pass 
over  the  sea,  have  replenished. 

k  Or,  instruments  of  viols,    a  Heb.  silent. 


76  ISAIAH,  23. 


^  And  by  great  waters  the  seed  of  Sihor, 
The    harvest    of    the    river,    is    her    reve- 
nue ; 
And  she  is  a  mart  of  nations. 
•*  Be  thou  ashamed,  O  Zidon :  for  the  sea  hath 
spoken, 
Even  the  strength  of  tlie  sea,  saying, 
I  travail  not,  nor  bring  forth  children. 
Neither  do  I  nourish  up  young  men,  no?'  bring 
up  virgins. 
^  As  at  the  report  concerning  Egypt, 
So  shall  they  be  sorely  pained  at  the  report  of 
Tyre. 
^  Pass  ye  over  to  Tarshish ;  howl,  ye  inhabit- 
ants of  the  isle. 
■^  Is  this  your  joyous  city,  whose  antiquit}'-  is  of 
ancient  days  ? 
Her  own  feet  shall  carry  her  ^afar  off  to  so- 
journ. 
^  Who  hath  taken  this  counsel  against  Tyre, 
the  crowning  citi/, 
Whose  merchants  are  princes,  whose  traffick- 
ers are  the  honourable  of  the  earth  ? 
^  The  Lord  of  hosts  hath  purposed  it, 
'^  To  stain  the  pride  of  all  glory, 
And  to  bring  into  contempt  all  the  honour- 
able of  the  earth. 


h  Heb.  from  afar  ojf.     c  Heb.  to  pollute. 


ISAIAH,  23. 


'0  Pass  through  thy  laud  as  a  river,  O  daughter 
of  Tarshish : 

TJiere  is  no  more  '^  strength. 
1'  He  stretched  out  his  hand  over  the  sea,  he 
shook  the  kingdoms  : 

The  Lord  hath  given  a  commandment "  against 
/  the  merchant  city,  to  destroy  the  o  strong- 
holds thereof. 
'■-  And  he  said,  Thou  shalt  no  more  rejoice, 

O   thou   oppressed   virgin,    daughter   of   Zi- 
don : 

Arise,  pass  over  to  Chittim  ; 

There  also  shalt  thou  have  no  rest. 
13  Behold  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans  ; 

This  people  was  not. 

Till  the  Assyrian  founded  it  for  them  that 
dwell  in  the  wilderness : 

They  set  up  the  towers  thereof, 

They  raised  up  the  palaces  thereof  ; 

And  he  brought  it  to  ruin. 

'■*  Howl,  ye  ships  of  Tarshish :  for  your  strength 
is  laid  waste. 

'^  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day. 
That  Tyre  shall  be  forgotten  seventy  years, 
According  to  the  days  of  one  king  :    . 

rf  Heb.  girdle,      e  Or,   concerning  a  merchantman.     /Heb.  Canaan. 
g  Or,  strengths. 


ISAIAH,  24. 


After  the  end  of  seventy  years  *  shall  Tyre 

sing  as  a  harlot. 
^^  Take  a  harp,  go  about  the  city,  thou  harlot 

that  hast  been  forgotten  ; 
Make  sweet  melody,  sing  many  songs,  that 

thou  mayest  be  remembered. 
''  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  after  the  end  of 

seventy  years, 
That  the  Lord  will  visit  Tyre, 
And  she  shall  turn  to  her  hire, 
And  shall   commit  fornication   with   all    the 

kingdoms  of  the  w^orld 
Upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 
'^  And  her  merchandise  and  her  hire  shall  be 

holiness  to  the  Lord  : 
It  shall  not  be  treasured  nor  laid  up  ; 
For   her  merchandise  shall  be  for  them  that 

dwell  before  the  Lord, 
To  eat  sufficiently,  and  for  'durable  clothing. 

OA   "OEHOLD,  the  Lord   maketh  the  earth 
-L'  empty,  and  maketh  it  waste, 
And  « turneth  it  upside  down,  and  scattereth 
abroad  the  inhabitants  thereof. 
2  And  it  shall  be,  as  with  the  people,  so  with 
the  *  priest ; 

h  Heb.  it  shall  he  un  to  Tjire  as  the  song  of  a  harlot,    i  Heb.  old.    a  Heb. 
perverteth  the  face  thereof,    b  Or,  prince. 


ISAIAH,  24. 


As  with  the  servant,  so  with  his  master ; 
As  with  the  maid,-  so  with  her  mistress  ; 
As  with  the  buyer,  so  with  the  seller ; 
As  with  the  lender,  so  with  the  borrower ; 
As  with  the  taker  of  usury,  so  with  the  giver 

of  usury  to  him. 
The  land  shall  be  utterly  eniptied,  and  utterly 

spoiled  : 
For  the  Lord  hath  spoken  this  word. 
The  earth  mourneth  and  fadeth  away, 
The  world  languisheth  and  fadeth  away, 
"  The  haughty  people  of  the  earth  do  languish. 
The  earth  also  is  defiled  under  the  inhabitants 

thereof ; 
Because    they  have  transgressed    the    laws, 

changed  the  ordinance. 
Broken  the  everlasting  covenant. 
Therefore  hath  the  curse  devoured  the  earth, 
And  they  that  dwell  therein  are  desolate : 
Therefore  the  inhabitants  of    the  earth  are 

burned. 
And  few  men  left. 

The  new  wine  mourneth,  the  vine  languisheth. 
All  the  merry  hearted  do  sigh. 
The  mirth  of  tabrets  ceaseth,  the  noise  of  them 

that  rejoice  endeth, 
The  joy  of  the  harp  ceaseth. 


Heb.  the  height  of  the  people. 


80  ISAIAH.  24. 


^  They  shall  not  drink  wine  with  a  song  ; 
Strong  drink  shall  be  bitter  to  them  that  drink 
it. 
'^  The  city  of  confusion  is  broken  down  : 
Every  house  is  shut  up,  that  no  man  may 
come  in. 
^'  There  is  a  crying  for  wine  in  the  streets ; 
All  joy  is  darkened, 
The  mirth  of  the  land  is  gone. 
^^  In  the  city  is  left  desolation, 

And  the  gate  is  smitten  with  destruction. 
^^  When  thus  it  shall  be  in  the  midst  of  the  land 
among  the  people, 
There  shall  be  as  the  shaking  of  an  olive  tree. 
And  as  the  gleaning  grapes  when  the  vintage 
is  done. 
^^  They  shall  lift  up  their  voice,  they  shall  sing 
For  the  majesty  of  the  Lord,  they  shall  cry 
aiioud  from  the  sea. 
'5  Wherefore  glorify  ye  the  IjORD  in  the  "^  fires, 
Even  the  name  of  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  in 
the  isles  of  the  sea. 

'*^  From  the  « uttermost  part  of  the  earth  have 
we  heard  songs,  even  glory  to  the  righteous. 
But  I  said,  -^My  leanness,  my  leanness,  woe 
unto  me  ! 

d  Or,  valleys,    e  Heb.  wing,    f  Heb.  Leanness  to  me,  or,  My  secret  to  me. 


ISAIAH,  24.  81 


The  treacherous  dealers  have  dealt  treacher- 
ously ; 
Yea,  the  treacherous  dealers  have  dealt  very 

treacherously. 
^''  Fear,  and  the  pit,  and  the  snare. 

Are  upon  thee,  O  inhabitant  of  the  earth. 
'^  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  he  who  fleeth 

from,  the  noise  of  the  fear  shall  fall  into  the 

pit ; 
And  he  that  cometh  up  out  of  the  midst  of  the 

pit  shall  be  taken  in  the  snare  : 
For  the  windows  from  on  high  are  open, 
And  the  foundations  of  the  earth  do  shake. 
''  The  earth  is  utterly  broken  down. 
The  earth  is  clean  dissolved. 
The  earth  is  moved  exceedingly, 
^°  The  earth  shall  reel  to  and  fro  like  a  drunkard, 
And  shall  be  removed  like  a  cottage  ; 
And  the  transgression  thereof  shall  be  heavy 

upon  it ; 
And  it  shall  fall,  and  not  rise  again. 
•^^  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 

T?iat  the  Lord  shall  ff  punish  the  host  of  the 

high  ones  tJiat  are  on  high. 
And  the  kings  of  the  earth  upon  the  earth. 


oners  are  gathered  in  the  *pit, 


g  Heb.  visit  upon,  h  Heb.  with  the  gathering  of  prisoners,  i  Or,  dungeon. 


82  ISAIAH,  25. 


And  shall  be  shut  up  in  the  prison, 
And  after  many  days  shall  they  be  ^'visited. 
^^  Then  the  moon  shall  be  confounded,  and  the 
sun  ashamed, 
When  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  reign 
In  mount  Zion,  and  in  Jerusalem, 
And  ^before  his  ancients  gloriously. 

V-/  I  will  exalt  thee,  I  will  praise  thy 
name ; 
For  thou  hast  done  wonderful  things  ; 
Thy  counsels  of  old  are  faithfulness  and  truth. 
^  For  thou  hast  made  of  a  city  a  heap  ; 
Of  a  def  enced  city  a  ruin  : 
A  palace  of  strangers  to  be  no  city  ; 
It  shall  never  be  built. 
^  Therefore  shall  the  strong  people  glorify  thee. 
The  city  of  the  terrible  nations  shall  fear  thee. 
^  For  thou  hast  been  a  strength  to  the  poor, 
A  strength  to  the  needy  in  his  distress, 
A  refuge  from  the  storm,  a  shadow  from  the 

heat, 
When  the  blast  of  the  terrible  ones  is  as  a 
storm  against  tlie  wall. 
^  Thou  shalt  bring  down  the  noise  of  strangers, 
As  the  heat  in  a  dry  place  ; 

k  Or,  found  wanting.    I  Or,  there  shall  be  glory  before  his  ancients. 


ISAIAH,  25.  83 


Even  the  heat  with  the  shadow  of  a  cloud  : 
The  branch  of  the  terrible  ones  shall  be  brought 

low. 
^  And  in  this  mountain  shall  the  Lord  of  hosts 

make  unto  all  people 
A  feast  of  fat  things,  a  feast  of  wines  on  the 

lees, 
Of  fat  things  full  of  marrow. 
Of  wines  on  the  lees  well  refined. 
'  And  he  will  "-  destroy  in  this  mountain 
The  face  of  the  covering  *cast  over  all  peo- 
ple. 
And  the  vail  that  is  spread  over  all  nations. 
^  He  will  swallow  up  death  in  victory  ; 
And  the  Lord  God  will  wipe  away  tears  from 

off  all  faces  ; 
And  the  rebuke  of  his  people  shall  he  take 

away  from  off  all  the  earth : 
For  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 
^  And  it  shall  be  said  in  that  day, 
Lo,  this  is  our  God  ; 
We  have  waited  for  him,  and  he  will  save 

us: 
This  is  the  Lord  ;  we  have  waited  for  him, 
We  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  his  salvation. 
^°  For  in  this  mountain  shall  the  hand  of  the 

Lord  rest, 


a  Heb.  sivallow  up.    b  Heb.  covered. 


84  ISAIAH,  26. 


And  Moab  shall  be  "  trodden  down  under  him, 
Even  as  straw  is  '^trodden  down  for  the  dung- 
hill. 
^1  And  he  shall  spread  forth  his  hands  in  the  midst 
of  them, 
As  he  that  swimmeth  spreadeth  forth  his  hands 

to  swim : 
And  he  shall  bring  down  their  pride  * 
Together  with  the  spoils  of  their  hands. 
^"-  And  the  fortress  of  the  high  fort  of  th}^  walls 
shall  he  bring  down. 
Lay  low,  and  bring  to  the  ground,  even  to  the 
dust. 

9R  T-^  *^^^*  ^^y  ^^^^^^  ^^^^^  ^*^^»  ^^  ^^"»  ^"^  ^'^^^ 
^^  1.  landof  Judah; 

We  have  a  strong  city ; 

Salvation  will  Ood  appoint  for  walls  and  bul- 
warks. 
-  Open  ye  the  gates, 

That  the  righteous  nation  which  keepeth  the 
*»  truth  may  enter  in. 
^  Thou  wilt  keep  him  in  *  perfect  peace, 

Whose  "  mind  is  stayed  on  thee : 

Because  he  trusteth  in  thee. 
*  Trust  ye  in  the  Lokd  for  ever  : 

/•Or,  threshed,    d  Or,  threshed  in  Madmen  ah.     a  Heb.  truths,    li  Keh. 
peace,  peace,  ch.  57. 19.    c  Or,  thought,  or,  imagination. 


ISAIAH,  26.  85 


For  in  the  Lord  JEHOVAH  is  '^everlasting 
strength. 
^  For  he  bringeth  down  them   that  dwell  on 
high ; 
The  lofty  city,  he  layetli  it  low  ; 
He  layeth  it  low,  even  to  the  ground  ; 
He  bringeth  it  even  to  the  dust. 
®  The  foot  shall  tread  it  down, 
Even  the  feet  of  the  poor,  and  the  steps  of  the 
needy. 
"'  The  way  of  the  just  is  uprightness  : 
Thou,  most  upright,  dost  weigh  the  path  of 
the  just. 
*  Yea,  in  the  way  of  thy  judgments,  O  Lord, 
have  we  waited  for  thee  ; 
The  desire  of  our  soul  is  to  thy  name,  and  to 
the  remembrance  of  thee. 
^  With  my  soul  have  I  desired  thee  in  the  night; 
Yea,  with  my  spirit  within  me  will  I  seek  thee 

early  : 
For  when  thy  judgments  ai^e  in  the  earth, 
The  inhabitants  of  the  world  will  learn  right- 
eousness. 
^•^  Let  favour  be  shewed  to  the  wicked,  yet  will 
he  not  learn  righteousness  : 
In  the  land  of  uprightness  will  he  deal  un- 
justly, 


d  Heb.  the  rock  of  ages,  Deut.  32.  4. 


ISAIAH,  26. 


And    will    not    behold    the    majesty  of    the 

Lord. 
"  Lord,  wJien  thy  hand  is  lifted  up,  they  will  not 

see : 
But  they  shall  see,  and  be  ashamed  for  their 

envy  « at  the  people  ; 
Yea,  the  fire  of  thine  enemies  shall  devour 

them. 
'■-  Lord,  thou  wilt  ordain  peace  for  us  : 

For  thou  also  hast  wrought  all  our  works  /  in  us, 
'•'  O  Lord  our  God, 

Other  lords  besides  thee  have  had  dominion 

over  us ; 
But  by  thee  only  will  we  make  mention  of 

thy  name. 
'■*  They  are  dead,  they  shall  not  live  ; 
They  are  deceased,  they  shall  not  rise  : 
Therefore    hast   thou  visited  and  destroyed 

them. 
And  made  all  their  memory  to  perish. 
'^  Thou  hast  increased  the  nation,  O  Lord, 
Thou  hast  increased  the  nation  ;  thou  art  glo- 
rified : 
Thou  hadst  removed  it  far  unto  all  the  ends 

of  the  earth. 

^^  Lord,  in  trouble  have  they  visited  thee  ; 


Or,  toward  thy  people,    f  Or,  for  us. 


ISAIAH,  26.  87 


They  poured  out  a  9  praj'-er  when  thy  chasten- 
ing was  upon  them. 
' '  Like  as  a  woman  with  child,  that  draweth  near 
the  time  of  her  delivery, 

Is  in  pain,  and  crieth  out  in  her  pangs  ; 

So  have  we  been  in  thy  sight,  O  Lord. 
'**  We  have  been  with  child,  we  have  been  in 
pain. 

We  have  as  it  were  brought  forth  wind  ; 

We  have  not  wrought  any  deliverance  in  the 
earth  ; 

Neither  have  the  inhabitants  of  the  world 
fallen. 

^^  Thy  dead  7nen  shall  live. 

Together  with  my  dead  body  shall  they  arise. 
Awake  and  sing,  ye  that  dwell  in  dust : 
For  thy  dew  is  as  the  dew  of  herbs, 
And  the  earth  shall  cast  out  the  dead. 

■^  Come,  my  people,  enter  thou  into  thy  cham- 
bers, 
And  shut  thy  doors  about  thee  : 
Hide  thyself  as  it  were  for  a  little  moment, 
Until  the  indignation  be  overpast. 

-'  For,  behold,  the  Lord  cometh  out  of  his  place 
To  punish  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth  for  their 
iniquity  : 

g  Heb.  secret  speech. 


ISAIAH,  27. 


The  earth  also  shall  disclose  her  ^  blood, 
And  shall  no  more  cover  her  slain. 

97  T"^  ^^^^^  ^^^  ^^^  Lord  with  his  sore  and 
A  great  and  strong  sword 
Shall  punish  leviathan  the  ''  piercing  serpent, 
Even  leviathan  that  crooked  serpent ; 
And  he  shall  slay  the  dragon  that  is  in  the  sea. 


In  that  day  sing  ye  unto  her, 

A  vineyard  of  red  wine. 

I  the  Lord  do  keep  it ; 

I  will  water  it  every  moment : 

Lest  ani/  hurt  it,  I   will  keep  it  night  and 

day. 
Fury  is  not  in  me  : 
Who  would  set  the  briers  and  thorns  against 

me  in  battle  ? 
I  would  ^go  through  them,  I  would  burn  them 

together. 
Or  let  him  take  hold  of  my  strength. 
That  he  may  make  peace  with  me  ; 
A7id  he  shall  make  peace  with  me. 
He  shall  cause  them  that  come  of  Jacob  to  take 

root : 
Israel  shall  blossom  and  bud. 
And  fill  the  face  of  the  world  with  fruit. 

Heb.  Hoods,    a  Or,  crossing  like  a  bar,    b  Or,  march  againsr. 


ISAIAH,  27.  89 


"  Hath  he  smitten  him,  '  as  he  smote  those  that 

smote  him  ? 
Or  is  he  slain  according  to  the  slaughter  of 

them  that  are  slain  by  him  ? 
^  In  measure,  '^  when  it  shooteth  forth,  thou  wilt 

debate  with  it : 
«He  stayeth  his  rough  wind  in  the  day  of  tlie 

east  wind. 
®  By  this  therefore  shall  the  iniquity  of  Jacob 

be  purged  ; 
And  this  is  all  the  fruit  to  take  away  his  sin  ; 
When  he  maketli  all  the  stones  of  the  altar  as 

chalkstones  that  are  beaten  in  sunder. 
The  groves  and  /  images  shall  not  stand  up. 
'0  Yet  the  def  enced  city  shall  he  desolate, 
And  the  habitation  forsaken,  and  left  like  a 

wilderness : 
There  shall  the  calf  feed,  and  there  shall  lie 

lie  down, 
And  consume  the  branches  thereof. 
''  When  the  boughs  thereof  are  withered,  they 

shall  be  broken  off  : 
The  women  come,  and  set  them  on  fire  ; 
For  it  is  a  people  of  no  understanding  : 
Therefore  he  that  made  them  will  not  have 

mercy  on  them, 

c  Heb.  according  to   the  stroke  of  those,     d  Or,   when   thou  scndest  it 
forth,     e  Or,  when  he  removeth  it.    J  Or,  sun  images. 


90  ISAIAH,  28. 


And  he  that  formed  them  will  shew  them  no 

favour. 
^'  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 

That  the  Lord  shall  beat  off  from  the  channel 

of  the  river  unto  the  stream  of  Egypt, 
And  ye  shall  be  gathered  one  by  one, 
O  ye  children  of  Israel. 
'3  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
That  the  great  trumpet  shall  be  blown, 
And  they  shall  come  which  w^ere  ready  to 

perish  in  the  land  of  Assyria, 
And  the  outcasts  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
And  shall  worship  the  Lord  in  the  holy  mount 

at  Jerusalem. 

po  TT70E  to  the  crown  of  pride,    to   the 
»  '     drunkards  of  Ephraim, 
Whose  glorious  beauty  is  a  fading  flower, 
Which  are  on  the  head  of  the  fat  valleys  of 
them  that  are  «  overcome  with  wine  ! 
-  Behold,  the  Lord  hath  a  mighty  and  strong  one, 
Which  as  a  tempest  of  hail  and  a  destroying 

storm, 
As  a  flood  of  mighty  waters  overflowing. 
Shall  cast  down  to  the  earth  with  the  hand. 
2  The  crown  of  pride,  the  drunkards  of  Ephraim, 
Shall  be  trodden  ''  under  feet : 

a  Heb.  broken,    b  Heb.  with  feet. 


ISAIAH,  28.  91 


^  And  the  glorious  beauty,  which  is  on  the  head 
of  the  fat  valley,  shall  be  a  fading  flov/er, 
And  as  the  hasty  fruit  before  the  summer  ; 
Which  tc?ien  he  that  looketh  upon  it  seeth, 
While  it  is  yet  in  his  hand  he  "  eateth  it  up. 

5  In  that  day  shall  the  Lord  of  hosts  be  for  a 
crown  of  glory. 
And  for  a  diadem  of  beauty,  unto  the  residue 
of  his  people, 
•^  And  for  a  spirit  of  judgment  to  him  that  sit- 
teth  in  judgment. 
And  for  strength  to  them  that  turn  the  battle 
to  the  gate. 
'  But  they  also  have  erred  t^irough  wine,  and 
through  strong  drink  are  out  of  the  way  ; 
The  priest  and  the  prophet  have  erred  through 

strong  drink. 
They  are  swallowed  up  of  wine,  they  are  out 

of  the  way  through  strong  drink  ; 
They  err  in  vision,  they  stumble  i7i  judgment. 
8  For  all  tables  are  full  of  vomit  and  tilthiness, 
So  that  there  is  no  place  clean. 

'^  Whom  shall  he  teach  knowledge  ? 
And  whom  shall  he  make  to  understand  '^  doc- 
trine ? 

c  Heb.  swalloweth.    d  Heb.  the  hearing. 


92  ISAIAH,  28. 


Them  that  are  weaned  from  the  milk, 

And  drawn  from  the  breasts. 
'0  For  precept  *  must  be  upon  precept,  precept 
upon  precept ; 

Line  upon  line,  line  upon  line  ; 

Here  a  little,  and  there  a  little  : 
^^  For  with  /stammering  lips  and  another  tongue 

s  Will  he  speak  to  this  people. 
1^  To  whom  he  said, 

This  is  the  rest  wherewith  ye  may  cause  the 
weary  to  rest ; 

And  this  is  the  refreshing :  yet  they  would  not 
hear. 
^^  But  the  word  of  the  Lord  was  unto  them 

Precept  upon  precept,  precept  upon  precept ; 

Line  upon  line,  line  upon  line  ; 

Here  a  little,  and  there  a  little  ; 

That  they  might  go,  and  fall  backward,  and 
be  broken, 

And  snared,  and  taken. 

'^  Wherefore  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,   ye 
scornful  men, 
That  rule  this  people  which  is  in  Jerusalem. 
^^  Because  ye  have  said,  We  have  made  a  cove- 
nant with  death. 
And  with  hell  are  we  at  agreement ; 

f  Or,  hath  been.    /  Heb.  stammerings  of  lips,    g  Or,  he.  hath  spoken. 


ISAIAH,  28.  93 


When    the    overflowing    scourge    shall    pass 
through,  it  shall  not  come  unto  us  : 

For  we  have  made  lies  our  refuge. 

And  under  falsehood  have  we  hid  ourselves  : 
"^  Therefore  thus  saitli  the  Lord  God, 

Behold,  I  lay  in  Zion  for  a  foundation  a  stone, 

A  tried  stone,  a  precious  corner  stone,  a  sure 
foundation  : 

He  that  believeth.  shall  not  make  haste. 
'^  Judgment  also  will  I  lay  to  the  line, 

And  righteousness  to  the  plummet : 

And  the  hail  shall  sweep  away  the  refuge  of 
lies. 

And  the  waters  shall  overflow  the  hiding  place. 
'^  And  3^our  covenant  with  death  shall  be  dis- 
annulled, 

And  your  agreement  with  hell  shall  not  stand; 

When    the    overflowing    scourge   shall    pass 
through. 

Then  ye  shall  be  ^trodden  down  by  it. 
^^  From  the  time  that  it  goeth.  forth  it  shall  take 
you: 

For  morning  by  morning  shall  it  pass  over, 
by  day  and  by  night : 

And  it  shall  be  a  vexation  only  "-to  understand 
the  report. 

A  Heb.  a  treading  doivn  to  it.    i  Or,  when  lie  shall  make  you  to  under- 
stand  doctrine. 


94  ISAIAH,  28. 


^°  For  the  bed  is  shorter  than  that  a  man  can 
stretch  himself  on  it  : 
And  the  covering  narrower  than  that  he  can 
wrap  himself  in  it. 
2'  For  the  Lord  shall  rise  up  as  in  mount  Per- 
azim, 
He  shall  be  wroth  as  in  the  valley  of  Gibeon, 
That  he  may  do  his  work,  his  strange  work  ; 
And  bring  to  pass  his  act,  his  strange  act. 
"'^  Now  therefore  be  ye  not  mockers, 
Lest  your  bands  be  made  strong  : 
For  I  have  heard  from  the  Lord  God  of  hosts 
A  consumption,  even  determined 
Upon  the  whole  earth. 

"3  Give  ye  ear,  and  hear  my  voice  ; 

Hearken,  and  hear  my  speech. 
^■^  Doth  the  ploughman  plough  all  day  to  sow  ? 

Doth    he   open   and   break  the  clods  of   his 
ground  ? 
25  When  he  hath  made  plain  the  face  thereof, 

Doth  he  not  cast  abroad  the  fitches, 

And  scatter  the  cummin. 

And  cast  in  ^  the  principal  wheat 

And  the  appointed  barley  and  the  'rye  in  their 
'"  place  ? 

k  Or,    the  wheat  in  the  principal  place,  a7id  harley  in  the  appointed 
place.    I  Or,  spelt,    m  Heb.  harder  ? 


ISAIAH,  29.  95 


26  n  For  his  God  doth  instruct  him  to  discretion, 

and  doth  teach  him. 
"  For  the  fitches  are  not  threshed  with  a  thresh- 
ing instrument, 
Neither  is  a  cart  wheel  turned  about  upon  the 

cummin ; 
But  the  fitches  are  beaten  out  with  a  staff, 
And  the  cummin  with  a  rod. 
28  Bread  corn  is  bruised  ; 

Because  he  will  not  ever  be  threshing  it, 
Xor  break  it  with  the  wheel  of  his  cart, 
Nor  bruise  it  loith  his  horsemen. 
-^  This   also  cometh   forth  from  the  Lord  of 
hosts, 
Which  is  wonderful  in  counsel,  and  excellent 
in  working. 

on  «  ^^70^  to  Ariel,  to  Ariel,  ^  the  citjiohere 
^^       VY     David  dwelt! 

Add  ye  year  to  year  ;  let  them  "  kill  sacrifices. 
-  Yet  I  will  distress  Ariel, 

And  there  shall  be  heaviness  and  sorrow  : 

And  it  shall  be  unto  me  as  Ariel. 
^  And  I  will  camp  against  thee  round  about, 

And  will  lay  siege  against  thee  with  a  mount, 

And  I  will  raise  forts  against  thee. 

n  Or,  And  he  hindeth  it  in  such  sm-t  as  his  God  doth  teach  him.     a  Or,  O 
Ariel,  that  is,  the  lion  of  God.    h  Or,  of  the  city,    c  Heb.  cut  off  the  heads. 


96  ISAIAH,  29. 


^  And  tliou  slialt  be  brought  down,  and  shalt 
speak  out  of  the  ground, 

And  thy  speech  shall  be  low  out  of  the  dust, 

And  thy  voice  shall  be,  as  of  one  that  hath  a 
familiar  spirit,  out  of  the  ground, 

And   thy  speech  shall  '^whisper  out  of  the 
dust. 
^  Moreover  the  multitude  of  thy  strangers  shall 
be  like  small  dust, 

And  the  multitude  of  the  terrible  ones  shall  be 
as  chaff  that  passeth  away  : 

Yea,  it  shall  be  at  an  instant  suddenly. 
^  Thou  shalt  be  visited  of  the  Lord  of  hosts 

With  thunder,  and  with  earthquake,  and  great 
noise, 

With  storm  and  tempest,  and  the  flame  of  de- 
vouring fire. 
''  And  the  multitude  of  all  the  nations  that  fight 
against  Ariel, 

Even  all  that  fight  against  her  and  her  muni- 
tion, and  that  distress  her. 

Shall  be  as  a  dream  of  a  night  vision. 
^  It  shall  even  be  as  when  a  hungry  man  dream- 
eth,  and,  behold,  he  eateth  ; 

But  he  awaketh,  and  his  soul  is  empty : 

Or  as  when  a  thirsty  man  dreameth,  and,  be- 
hold, he  drinketh  ; 

d  Heb.  peep,  or,  chirp. 


ISAIAH,  29.  97 


But  he  awaketh,  and,  behold,  he  is  faint,  and 

his  soul  hath  appetite  : 
So  shall  the  multitude  of  all  the  nations  be, 
That  fight  against  mount  Zion. 


9  Stay  yourselves,  and  wonder ; 
^  Cry  ye  out,  and  cry  : 
They  are  drunken,  but  not  with  wine  ; 
They  stagger,  but  not  with  strong  drink, 
'*>  For  the  Lord  hath  poured  out  upon  you  the 
spirit  of  deep  sleep. 
And  hath  closed  your  eyes  : 
The  prophets  and  your  /rulers,  the  seers  hath 
he  covered. 
''  And  the  vision  of  all  is  become  unto  you  as 
the  words  of  a  j^  book  that  is  sealed. 
Which  men  deliver  to  one  that  is  learned, 
Saying,  Read  this,  I  pray  thee  : 
And  he  saith,  I  cannot ;  for  it  is  sealed  : 
'-  And  the  book  is  delivered  to  him  that  is  not 
learned, 
Saying,  Read  this,  I  pray  thee  : 
And  he  saith,  I  am  not  learned. 
'2  Wherefore  the  Lord  said. 
Forasmuch  as  this  people  draw  near  me  with 
their  mouth, 

e  Or,   take  your  pleasure,  and  riot.   /Heb.  heads:  See  ch.  3.  2.    Jer. 
36.  8.    g  Or,  letter. 


ISAIAH,  29. 


And  with  their  lips  do  honour  me, 

But  have  removed  their  heart  far  from  me. 

And  their  fear  toward  me  is  taught  by  the 

precept  of  men : 
'"*  Therefore,  behold,  ^  I  will  proceed   to   do   a 

marvellous  work  among  this  people, 
Even  a  marvellous  work  and  a  wonder : 
For  the  wisdom  of  their  wise  men  shall  perish. 
And  the  understanding  of  their  prudent  'inen, 

shall  be  liid. 

15  Woe  unto  them  that  seek  deep  to  hide  their 

counsel  from  the  Lord, 
And  their  works  are  in  the  dark, 
And  they  say.  Who  seeth  us  ?  and  who  know- 

eth  us? 
'^  Surely  your  turning  of  things  upside  down 

shall  be  esteemed  as  the  potter's  clay : 
For  shall  the  work  say  of  him  that  made  it. 

He  made  me  not  ? 
Or  shall   the  thing  framed   say  of  him  that 

framed  it.  He  had  no  understanding  ? 
^"^  Is  it  not  yet  a  very  little  while, 
And  Lebanon  shall  be  turned  into  a  fruitful 

field. 
And  the  fruitful  field  shall  be  esteemed  as  a 

forest  ? 

hneh.Itvilladd. 


ISAIAH,  29.  99  ' 


'*  And  in  that  day  shall  the  deaf  hear  the  words 
of  the  book, 
And  the  eyes  of  the  blind  shall  see  out  of  ob- 
scurity, and  out  of  darkness. 
'^  The  meek  also  *  shall  increase  tlieir  joy  in  the 
Lord, 
And  the  poor  among  men  shall  rejoice  in  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel. 
'-'^  For  the  terrible  one  is  brought  to  nought,  and 
the  scorner  is  consumed, 
And  all  that  watch  for  iniquity  are  cut  off  : 
'-'  That  make  a  man  an  offender  for  a  word, 
And  lay  a  snare  for  him  that  reproveth  in  the 

gate. 
And  turn  aside  the  just  for  a  thing  of  nought. 
"'-  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  who  redeemed 
Abraham,  concerning  the  house  of  Jacob, 
Jacob  shall  not  now  be  ashamed, 
Neither  shall  his  face  now  wax  pale. 
-"  But  when  he  seeth  his  children,  the  work  of 
mine  hands,  in  the  midst  of  him, 
They  shall  sanctify  my  name. 
And  sanctify  the  Holy  One  of  Jacob, 
And  shall  fear  the  God  of  Israel. 
'^^  They  also  that  erred  in  spirit  ^  shall  come  to 
understanding, 
And  they  that  murmured  shall  learn  doctrine. 

i  Heb.  shall  add.    k  Heb.  shall  knoio  understanding. 


100  ISAIAH, 


QA  TT70E  to  the  rebellious  children,  saith 
^^    VV   the  Lord, 

That  take  counsel,  but  not  of  me  ; 

And  that  cover  with  a  covering,  but  not  of 
my  Spirit, 

That  they  may  add  sin  to  sin : 

2  That  walk  to  go  down  into  Egypt, 
And  have  not  asked  at  my  mouth ; 

To  strengthen  themselves  in  the  strength  of 

Pharaoh, 
And  to  trust  in  the  shadow  of  Egypt ! 

3  Therefore  shall  the  strength  of  Pharaoh  be 

your  shame, 
And  the  trust  in  the  shadow  of  Egypt  your 
confusion. 
^  For  his  princes  were  at  Zoan, 

And  his  ambassadors  came  to  Hanes. 
5  They  were  all  ashamed  of  a  people  tlmt  could 
not  profit  them, 
Nor  be  a  help  nor  profit, 
But  a  shame,  and  also  a  reproach. 

^  The  burden  of  the  beasts  of  the  south  : 
Into  the  land  of  trouble  and  anguish. 
From  whence  come  the  young  and  old  lion, 
The  viper  and  fiery  flying  serpent. 
They  will  carry  their  riches  upon  the  shoulders 
of  young  asses. 


ISAIAH,  30.  101 


And    their    treasures   upon   the   bunches  of 

camels, 
To  a  people  that  shall  not  profit  them. 
''  For  the  Egyptians  shall  help  in  vain,  and  to 

no  purpose  : 
Therefore  have  I  cried  "concerning  this.  Their 

strength  is  to  sit  still. 

*  Now  go,  write  it  before  them  in  a  table, 

And  note  it  in  a  book, 

That  it  may  be  for  *  the  time  to  come 

For  ever  and  ever : 
^  That  this  is  a  rebellious  people,  lying  children, 

Children  that  will  not  hear  the  law  of  the  Lord: 
'*^  Which  say  to  the  seers,  See  not ; 

And  to  the  prophets,  Prophesy  not  unto  us 
right  things. 

Speak  unto  us  smooth  things, 

Prophesy  deceits : 
"  Get  you  out  of  the  way. 

Turn  aside  out  of  the  path, 

Cause  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  to  cease  from 
before  us. 
^-  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Holy  One  of  Israel, 

Because  ye  despise  this  word, 

And  trust  in  '^  oppression  and  perverseness, 

And  stay  thereon : 

a  Or,  toiler.    bHeh.  the  latter  day.    c  Or,  fraud. 


102  ISAIAH,  30. 


'^  Therefore  this  iniquity  shall  be  to  j^ou  as  a 
breach  ready  to  fall, 
Swelling  out  in  a  high  wall, 
Whose  breaking  cometh  suddenly  at  an  in- 
stant. 
^^  And  he  shall  break  it  as  the  breaking  of  '^  the 
potters'  vessel 
That  is  broken  in  pieces  ;  he  shall  not  spare  : 
So  that  there  shall  not  be  found  in  the  burst- 

iDg  of  it  a  sherd 
To  take  fire  from  the  hearth, 
Or  to  take  water  withal  out  of  the  pit. 
'5  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel ; 
In  returning  and  rest  shall  ye  be  saved  ; 
In  quietness  and  in  confidence  shall  be  your 

strength : 
And  ye  would  not. 
^s  But    ye    said,   No ;    for   we    will    flee  upon 
horses ; 
Therefore  shall  ye  flee  : 
And,  We  will  ride  upon  the  swift ; 
Therefore   shall    they   that    pursue   you    be 
swift. 
1^  One  thousand  shall  flee    at    the    rebuke    of 
one; 
At  the  rebuke  of  five  shall  ye  flee  : 

d  Heb.  the  bottle  of  potters. 


ISAIAH,  30.  103 


Till  ye  be  left  as  '  a  beacon  upon  the  top  of  a 

mountain, 
And  as  an  ensign  on  a  hill, 

'8  And  therefore  will  the  Lord  wait,  that  he  may 

be  gracious  unto  you, 
And  therefore  will  he  be  exalted,  that  he  may 

have  mercy  upon  you  : 
For  the  Lord  is  a  God  of  judgment : 
Blessed  are  all  they  that  wait  for  him. 
'^  For  the  people  shall  dwell  in  Zion  at  Jerusa- 
lem : 
Thou  shalt  weep  no  more  : 
He  will  be  very  gracious  unto  thee   at   the 

voice  of  thy  cry  ; 
When    he    shall    hear    it,    he    will    answer 

thee. 
2"  And  though  the  Lord  give  you  the  bread  of 

adversity,  and  the  water  of  /affliction, 
Yet  shall  not  thy  teachers  be  removed  into  a 

corner  any  more. 
But  thine  eyes  shall  see  thy  teachers  : 
^^  And  thine  ears  shall  hear  a  word  behind  thee, 

saying. 
This  is  the  way,  walk  ye  in  it. 
When  ye  turn  to  the  right  hand,  and  when  ye 

turn  to  the  left. 

e  Or,  a  tree  hereft  ofhrancUes,  or,  houghs:  or,  a  mast.    /Or,  oppression. 


104 ISAIAH,  30. 

"^^  Ye  shall  defile  also  the  covering  of  i'  thy  graven 

images  of  silver, 
And  the  ornament  of  thy  molten  images  of 

gold: 
Thou  shalt  ^  cast  them  away  as  a  menstruous 

cloth  ; 
Thou  shalt  say  unto  it.  Get  thee  hence. 
^^  Then  shall  he  give  the  rain  of  thy  seed. 
That  thou  shalt  sow  the  ground  withal ; 
And  bread  of  the  increase  of  the  earth, 
And  it  shall  be  fat  and  plenteous  : 
In  that  day  shall  thy  cattle  feed  in  large  past- 
ures, 
*■*  The  oxen  likewise  and  the  young  asses  that 

ear  the  ground  shall  eat  *' clean  provender, 
Which  hath  been  winnowed  with  the  shovel 

and  with  the  fan. 
2^  And  there  shall  be  upon  every  high  mountain, 
And  upon  every  ^high  hill. 
Rivers  a?id  streams  of  waters  in  the  day  of  the 

great  slaughter. 
When  the  towers  fall. 
"6  Moreover  the  light  of  the  moon  shall  be  as  the 

light  of  the  sun, 
And  the  light  of  the  sun  shall  be  sevenfold,  as 

the  light  of  seven  days, 

g  Heb.  tJie  graven  images  of  thy  silver,    h  Heb.  scatter,    i  Or,  savoury. 
Heb.  leavened,    k  Heb.  lifted  up. 


ISAIAH,  30.  105 


In  the  day  that  the  Lord  bindeth  up  the  breach 

of  his  people, 
And  healeth  the  stroke  of  their  wound. 

"  Behold,  the  name  of  the  Lord  cometh  from  far, 
Burning  loith  his  anger, '  and  the  burden  thereof 

is  "*  heavy : 
His  lips  are  full  of  indignation, 
And  his  tongue  as  a  devouring  fire : 
2^  And  his  breath,  as  an  overflowing  stream, 
Shall  reach  to  the  midst  of  the  neck,  to  sift 

the  nations  with  the  sieve  of  vanity  : 
And  there  shall  be  a  bridle  in  the  jaws  of  the 

people,  causing  the7n  to  err, 
^^  Ye  shall  have  a  song,  as  in  the  night  wJien  a 

holy  solemnity  is  kept ; 
And  gladness  of  heart,  as  when  one  goeth  with 

a  pipe 
To  come  into  the  mountain  of  the  Lord,  to  the 

"Mighty  One  of  Israel. 
3^  And  the  Lord  shall  cause  "  his  glorious  voice 

to  be  heard. 
And  shall  shew  the  lighting  down  of  his  arm, 
With  the  indignation  of  his  auger, 
And  with  the  flame  of  a  devouring  fire. 
With  scattering,  and  tempest,  and  hailstones. 

^  Or,  and  the  grievousness  of  flame.    »i  Heb.  heaviness.    71  Heb.  Rock, 
Deut.  32.  i.    o  Heb.  the  glory  of  his  voice. 


106  ISAIAH,  31. 


^'  For  through  the  voice  of  the  Lord  shall  the 
Assyrian  be  beaten  down, 
Which  smote  with  a  rod. 
■*-  And  Pill  every  place  where  the  grounded  staff 
shall  pass, 
Which  the  Lord  shall  ?lay  upon  him, 
It  shall  be  with  tabrets  and  harps : 
And  in  battles  of  shaking  will  he  fight  'with  it. 
33  Yor  Tophet  is  ordained  «of  old  ; 
Yea,  for  the  king  it  is  prepared  ; 
He  hath  made  it  deep  and  large  : 
The  pile  thereof  is  fire  and  much  wood  ; 
The  breath  of  the  Lord,  like  a  stream  of  brim- 
stone, doth  kindle  it. 

0"|    TT70E  to  them  that  go  down  to  Egypt 
'-'■^     ▼▼     for  help: 

And  stay  on  horses, 

And  trust  in  chariots,  because  they  are  many  ; 

And  in  horsemen,  because  they  are  very  strong; 

But  they  look  not  unto  the  Holy  One  of  Israel, 

Neither  seek  the  Lord  ! 
-  Yet  he  also  is  wise,  and  will  bring  evil. 

And  will  not  «■  call  back  his  words  : 

But  will  arise  against  the  house  of  the  evil 
doers, 

p  Heb.  every  passing  of  the  rod  founded,    q  Heb.  caiise  to  rest  upon  him. 
r  Or,  against  them,    a  Heh.froyn  yesterday,    a  Heb.  remove. 


ISAIAH,  31.  107 


And  against  the  help  of  them  that  work  in- 
iquity. 

Now  the  Egyptians  are  men,  and  not  God  ; 

And  their  horses  flesh,  and  not  spirit. 

When  the  Lord  shall  stretch  out  his  hand, 

Both  he  that  helpeth  shall  fall,  and  he  that  is 
holpen  shall  fall  down, 

And  they  all  shall  fail  together. 

For  thus  hath  the  Lord  spoken  unto  me. 

Like  as  the  lion  and  the  young  lion  roaring  on 
his  prey, 

When  a  multitude  of  shepherds  is  called  forth 
against  him, 

He  will  not  be  afraid  of  their  voice. 

Nor  abase  himself  for  the  ''noise  of  them  : 

So  shall  the  Lord  of  hosts  come  down 

To  tight  for  mount  Zion,  and  for  the  hill 
thereof. 

As  birds  flying,  so  will  the  Lord  of  hosts  de- 
fend Jerusalem ; 

Defending  also  he  will  deliver  it ; 

And  passing  over  he  will  preserve  it. 


^  Turn  ye  unto  Mm  from  whom  the  children  of 

Israel  have  deeply  revolted. 
'  For  in  that  day  every  man  shall  cast  away 
His  idols  of  silver,  and  ''his  idols  of  gold, 

b  Or,  multitude,    c  Heb.  the  idols  of  his  gold. 


108  ISAIAH,  33. 


Which  your  own  hands  have  made  unto  j^ou 
for  a  sin. 
^  Then  shall  the  Assyrian  fall  with  the  sword, 
not  of  a  mighty  man ; 

And  the  sword,  not  of  a  mean  man,  shall  de- 
vour him : 

But  he  shall  flee  ^  from  the  sword. 

And  his  young  men  shall  be  *  discomfited. 
3  And  /  he  shall  pass  over  to  9  his  strong  hold 
for  fear. 

And  his  princes  shall  be  afraid  of  the  ensign, 

Saith  the  Lord,  whose  fire  is  in  Zion, 

And  his  furnace  in  Jerusalem. 

op  "OEHOLD,  a  King  shall  reign  in  right- 
-L*  eousness. 
And  princes  shall  rule  in  judgment. 
^  And  a  man  shall  be  as  a  hiding  place  from  the 
wind. 
And  a  covert  from  the  tempest ; 
As  rivers  of  water  in  a  dry  place. 
As  the  shadow  of  a  "  great  rock  in  a  weary 
land. 
^  And  the  eyes  of  them  that  see  shall  not  be 
dim, 
And  the  ears  of  them  that  hear  shall  hearken. 

d  Or,  for  fear  of  the  sword,  e  Or,  tributary.  Heb.  for  melting,  or, 
tribute.  /Heb.  ?iis  rock  shall  pass  away  for  fear,  g  Or,  his  strength, 
a  Heb.  heavy. 


ISAIAH,  32.  109 


*■  The  heart  also  of  the  *rash  shall  understand 
knowledge, 
And  the  tongue  of  the  stammerers  shall  be 
ready  to  speak  "^  plainly, 
^  The  vile  person  shall  be  no  more  called  liberal, 

Nor  the  churl  said  to  be  bountiful. 
^  For  the  vile  person  will  speak  villany, 
And  his  heart  will  work  iniquity, 
To   practise   hypocrisy,   and   to   utter   error 

against  the  Lord, 
To  make  empty  the  soul  of  the  hungry ; 
And  he  will  cause  the  drink  of  the  thirsty  to 
fail. 
■'  The  instruments  also  of  the  churl  are  evil : 
He  deviseth  wicked  devices  to  destroy  the  poor 

with  lying  words. 
Even  '^  when  the  needy  speaketh  right. 
^  But  the  liberal  deviseth  liberal  things  ; 
And  by  liberal  things  shall  he  *  stand. 

^  Rise  up,  ye  women  that  are  at  ease ;  hear  my 
voice, 
Ye  careless    daughters ;    give   ear  unto  my 
speech. 
^^  /Many  days  and  years  shall  ye  be  troubled, 
ye  careless  women : 

f>  Heb.  hasty,    e  Or,   elegantly,    d  Or,   when  he  epeaketh  against  th« 
poor  in  judgment,    e  Or,  be  established,   f  Heb.  Days  above  a  year. 


110  ISAIAH,  32. 


For  the  vintage  shall  fail,  the  gathering  shall 
not  come. 
"  Tremble,  ye  women  that  are  at  ease ; 
Be  troubled,  ye  careless  ones  : 
Strip  you,  and  make  you  bare,  and  gird  sack- 
cloth upon  your  loins. 
^-  They  shall  lament  for  the  teats, 

For  s  the  pleasant  fields,  for  the  fruitful  vine. 
^^  Upon  the  land  of  my  people  shall  come  up 
thorns  and  briers ; 
''  Yea,  upon  all  the  houses  of  joy  in  the  joyous 
city: 
^^  Because  the  palaces  shall  be  forsaken ; 
The  multitude  of  the  city  shall  be  left ; 
The  *'forts  and  towers  shall  be  for  dens  for 

ever, 
A  joy  of  wild  asses,  a  pasture  of  flocks  ; 
'^  Until  the  Spirit  be  poured  upon  us  from  on 
high. 
And  the  wilderness  be  a  fruitful  field, 
And  the  fruitful  field  be  counted  for  a  forest. 
"^  Then  judgment  shall  dwell  in  the  wilderness, 
And  righteousness  remain  in  the  fruitful  field. 
"  And  the  work  of  righteousness  shall  be  peace; 
And  the  effect  of  righteousness,  quietness  and 
assurance  for  ever. 


g  Heb.  the  fieJds  of  desire,    h  Or,  htirning  upon,  <ic.     i  Or,  cliffs  and 
ivatchtowcrs. 


ISAIAH,  33.  Ill 


'*  And  my  people  shall  dwell  in  a  peaceable  hab- 
itation, 
And  in  sure  dwellings, 
And  in  quiet  resting  places  ; 
^^  When   it    shall  hail,    coming    down    on    the 
forest ; 
^And  the  city  shall  be  low  in  a  low  place. 

-•^  Blessed  are  ye  that  sow  beside  all  waters. 
That  send  forth  thither  the  feet  of  the  ox  and 
the  ass. 

OO  "V/\70E  to  thee  that  spoilest,  and  thou  toast 
▼  ▼     not  spoiled  ; 
And  dealest  treacherously,  and  they  dealt  not 

treacherously  with  thee ! 
When  thou  shalt  cease  to  spoil,  thou  shalt  be 

spoiled ; 
And  when  thou  shalt  make  an  end  to  deal 
treacherously,  they  shall  deal  treacherously 
with  thee. 

^  O  Lord,  be  gracious  unto  us ;  we  have  waited 
for  thee : 
Be  thou  their  arm  every  morning. 
Our  salvation  also  in  the  time  of  trouble. 

^  At  the  noise  of  the  tumult  the  people  fled  : 

k  Or,  and  the  city  shall  be  utterly  abased. 


112  ISAIAH.  33. 


At  the  lifting  up  of  thyself  the  nations  were 
scattered. 
■*  And  your  spoil  shall  be  gathered  like  the  gath- 
ering of  the  caterpillar  : 
As  the  running  to  and  fro  of  locusts  shall  he 
run  upon  tliem. 
^  The  Lord  is  exalted ;    for  he   dwelleth   on 
high : 
He  hath  filled  Zion  with  judgment  and  right- 
eousness. 
^  And  wisdom  and  knowledge  shall  be 
The  stability  of  thy  times,   and  strength  of 

«  salvation : 
The  fear  of  the  Lokd  is  his  treasure. 
'  Behold,  their  *  valiant  ones  shall  cry  without : 
The  ambassadors  of  peace  shall  weep  bitterly. 
^  The  highways  lie  waste,  the  wayfaring  man 
ceaseth : 
He  hath  broken  the  covenant, 
He  hath  despised  the  cities,  he  regardeth  no 
man. 
^  The  earth  mourneth  and  languisheth  : 
Lebanon  is  ashamed  and  <=  hewn  down : 
Sharon  is  like  a  wilderness ; 
And  Bashan  and  Carmel  shake  off  their  fruits. 

'**  Now  will  I  rise,  saith  the  Lord  ; 

a  Heb.  salvations,    b  Or,  mesaengers.    c  Or,  withered  away. 


ISAIAH,  33.  113 


Now  will  I  be  exalted  ; 
Now  will  I  lift  up  myself. 
"  Ye  shall  conceive  chaff,  ye  shall  bring  forth 
stubble : 
Your  breath,  as  fire,  shall  devour  you. 
^2  And  the  people  shall  be  as  the  burnings  of 
lime: 
As  thorns  cut  up  shall  they  be  burned  in  the 
fire. 
^^  Hear,  ye  that  are  far  off,  what  I  have  done  ; 

And,  ye  that  are  near,  acknowledge  my  might. 
^^  The  sinners  in  Zion  are  afraid  ; 
Fearfulness  hath  surprised  the  hypocrites. 
Who  among  us  shall  dwell  with  the  devour- 
ing fire  ? 
"Who  among  us  shall  dwell  with  everlasting 
burnings  ? 
^5  He  that  walketh  '^  righteously,  and  speaketh 
*  uprightly ; 
He  that  despiseth  the  gain  of  /oppressions, 
That  shaketh  his  hands  from  holding  of  bribes, 
That  stoppeth  his  ears  from  hearing  of  ? blood, 
And  shutteth  his  eyes  from  seeing  evil ; 
^^  He  shall  dwell  on  ^high  ; 
His  place  of  defence  shall  he  the  munitions  of 
rocks : 


d'H.eY).  in  righteousnesses,    e  Heh.  vprightnesses.  /Or,  deceits.    gB.eb. 
bloods,    h  Heb.  heights,  or,  high  places. 


114  ISAIAH,  33. 


Bread  shall  be  given  him ;  his  waters  shall  he 

sure. 
'"  Thine     eyes     shall    see    the     King    in    his 

beauty : 
They  shall  behold  'the  land  that  is  very  far 

off. 
'''  Thine  heart  shall  meditate  terror. 
Where  is  the  scribe  ?  where  is  the  *  receiver  ? 
Where  is  he  that  counted  the  towers  ? 
'^  Thou  shalt  not  see  a  fierce  people, 
A  people  of  a  deeper  speech  than  thou  canst 

perceive ; 
Of  a  'stammering  tongue,  that  thou  canst  not 

understand. 
^°  Look  upon  Zion,  the  city  of  our  solemnities : 
Thine  eyes  shall  see  Jerusalem  a  quiet  habita- 
tion, 
A  tabernacle  that  shall  not  be  taken  down  ; 
Not  one  of  the  stakes  thereof  shall  ever  be 

removed. 
Neither  shall   any   of  the  cords    thereof  be 

broken. 
'^'  But  there  the  glorious  Lord  idUI  be  unto  us 
A  iDlace  '"  of  broad  rivers  and  streams ; 
Wherein  shall  go  no  galley  with  oars, 
Neither  shall  gallant  ship  pass  thereby. 

t  Heb.  tlie  land  of  far  distances.     A  Heb.  weigher.     I  Or,  ridiculous. 
m  Heb.  hroad  of  spaces,  or,  hands. 


ISAIAH,  34.  115 


2'^  For  the  Lord  is  our  judge,  the  Lord  is  our 
"lawgiver, 
The  Lord  is  our  King  ;  he  will  save  us. 
23  o^tiy  tacklings  are  loosed  ; 

They  could  not  well  strengthen  their  mast ; 

they  could  not  spread  the  sail : 
Then  is  the  prey  of  a  great  spoil  divided  ; 
The  lame  take  the  prey. 
-•*  And  the  inhabitant  shall  not  say,  I  am  sick  : 
The  people  that  dwell  therein  sJiall  be  forgiven 
tJieii'  iniquity, 

O^  /^OME  near,  ye  nations,  to  hear; 
v^     And  hearken,  ye  people  : 
Let  the  earth  hear,  and  "  all  that  is  therein  ; 
The  world,  and  all  things  that  come  forth  of  it. 
2  For  the  indignation  of  the  Lord  is  upon  all 
nations, 
And  Ms  fury  upon  all  their  armies  : 
He  hath  utterly  destroyed  them,  he  hath  deliv- 
ered them  to  the  slaughter. 
2  Their  slain  also  shall  be  cast  out, 
And  their  stink  shall  come  up  out  of  their  car- 
casses, 
And  the  mountains  shall  be  melted  with  their 
blood. 


n  Heb.  tttatutemaker.    o  Or,  They  have  forsaken  thy  tacklings.    a  Heb. 
the  fulness  thereof. 


116  ISAIAH,  34. 


*  And  all  the  host  of  heaven  shall  be  dissolved, 
And  the  heavens  shall  be  rolled  together  as  a 

scroll : 
And  all  their  host  shall  fall  down, 
As  the  leaf  falleth  off  from  the  vine, 
And  as  a  faWmgfg  from  the  fig  tree. 

^  For  my  SAVord  shall  be  bathed  in  heaven  : 
Behold,  it  shall  come  down  upon  Idumea, 
And  upon  the  people  of  my  curse,  to  judg- 
ment. 

^  The  sword  of  the  Lord  is  filled  with  blood, 
It  is  made  fat  with  fatness. 
And  with  the  blood  of  lambs  and  goats, 
With  the  fat  of  the  kidneys  of  rams : 
For  the  Lord  hath  a  sacrifice  in  Bozrah, 
And  a  great  slaughter  in  the  land  of  Idumea. 

■^  And    the    *  unicorns   shall   come   down   with 
them, 
And  the  bullocks  with  the  bulls ; 
And  their  land  shall  be  « soaked  with  blood. 
And  their  dust  made  fat  with  fatness. 

^  For  it  is  the  day  of  the  Lord's  vengeance, 
And  the  year  of  recompenses  for  the  contro- 
versy of  Zion. 

^  And  the  streams  thereof  shall  be  turned  into 
pitch, 
And  the  dust  thereof  into  brimstone, 


Or,  rhinoceroses,    c  Or,  drunken. 


ISAIAH,  34  117 


And  the  land  thereof  shall  become  burning 
pitch. 
^°  It  shall  not  be  quenched  night  nor  day ; 
The  smoke  thereof  shall  go  up  for  ever : 
From   generation   to   generation  it  shall  lie 

waste ; 
None  shall  pass  through  it  for  ever  and  ever. 
"  But  the '^  cormorant  and  the  bittern  shall  pos- 
sess it ; 
The  owl  also  and  the  raven  shall  dwell  in  it : 
And  he  shall  stretch  out  upon  it  the  line  of 
confusion,  and  the  stones  of  emptiness. 
'^  They  shall  call  the  nobles  thereof  to  the  king- 
dom, but  none  sImU  be  there, 
And  all  her  princes  shall  be  nothing. 
'^  And  thorns  shall  come  up  in  her  palaces. 
Nettles  and  brambles  in  the  fortresses  thereof: 
And  it  shall  be  a  habitation  of  dragons, 
A7id  a  court  for  *  owls. 
'^  /The  wild  beasts  of  the  desert  shall  also  meet 
with  ^the  wild  beasts  of  the  island, 
And  the  satyr  shall  cry  to  his  fellow ; 
The  ^  screech  owl  also  shall  rest  there, 
And  find  for  herself  a  place  of  rest. 
'=  There  shall  the  great  owl  make  her  nest,  and 
lay, 

d  Or,  pelican,   e  Or,  ostriches.   Heb.  daitghters  of  the  owl.  f  Heb.  Ziim. 
g  Heb.  Ijim.    h  Or,  night  monnter. 


118  ISAIAH,  35. 


And  hatch,  and  gather  under  her  shadow  : 
There  shall  the  vultures  also  be  gathered. 
Every  one  with  her  mate. 
'^  Seek  ye  out  of  the  book  of  the  Lord,  and 
read : 
No  one  of  these  shall  fail, 
None  shall  want  her  mate  : 
For  my  mouth  it  hath  commanded, 
And  his  spirit  it  hath  gathered  them, 
'^  And  he  hath  cast  the  lot  for  them,  and  his  hand 
hath  divided  it  unto  thera  by  line  : 
They  shall  possess  it  for  ever, 
From  generation  to  generation  shall  they  dwell 
therein. 

OR  'T^HE  wilderness  and   the  soHtary  place 
J-    shall  be  glad  for  them  ; 

And  the  desert  shall  rejoice,  and  blossom  as 
the  rose. 
-  It  shall  blossom  abundantly,  and  rejoice 

Even  with  joy  and  singing  : 

The  glory  of  Lebanon  shall  be  given  unto  it, 

The  excellency  of  Carmel  and  Sharon  ; 

They  shall  see  the  glory  of  the  Lord, 

And  the  excellency  of  our  God. 

^  Strengthen  ye  the  weak  hands, 
And  confirm  the  feeble  knees. 


ISAIAH.  35.  119 


^  Say  to  them  that  are  of  a  '^  fearful  heart, 

Be  strong,  fear  not : 

Behold,  your  God  will  come  with  vengeance. 

Even  God  with  a  recompense  ; 

He  will  come  and  save  you. 
5  Then  the  eyes  of  the  blind  shall  be  opened. 

And  the  ears  of  the  deaf  shall  be  unstopped. 
^  Then  shall  the  lame  man  leap  as  a  hart, 

And  the  tongue  of  the  dumb  sing  : 

For  in  the  wilderness  shall  waters  break  out. 

And  streams  in  the  desert, 
■'  And  the  parched  ground  shall  become  a  pool. 

And  the  thirsty  land  springs  of  water : 

In  the  habitation  of  dragons,  where  each  lay. 

Shall  he  *  grass  with  reeds  and  rushes. 
^  And  a  highway  shall  be  there,  and  a  way, 

And  it  shall  be  called  The  w^ay  of  holiness ; 

The  unclean  shall  not  pass  over  it ;  "  but  it 
shall  be  for  those  : 

The  wayfaring  men,  though  fools,  shall  not  err 
therein. 
'•'  No  lion  shall  be  there, 

l^or  any  ravenous  beast  shall  go  up  thereon, 

It  shall  not  be  found  there  ; 

But  the  redeemed  shall  walk  there: 
'"  And  the  ransomed  of  the  Lord  shall  return, 

a  Heb.  hasty.    6  Or,  a  court  for  reeds,  &c.     c  Or,  for  he  shall  be  with 
them. 


120  ISAIAH,  36. 


And  come  to  Zion  with  songs 
And  everlasting  joy  upon  their  heads : 
They  shall  obtain  joy  and  gladness, 
And  sorrow  and  sighing  shall  flee  away, 

OCi  "IVrOW  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourteenth 
-L^  year  of  king  Hezekiah,  that  Sennach- 
erib king  of  Assyria  came  up  against  all  the 
defenced  cities  of  Judah,  and  took  them.  ^  ^j^j 
the  king  of  Assyria  sent  Rabshakeh  from  La- 
chish  to  Jerusalem  unto  king  Hezekiah  with  a 
great  army.  And  he  stood  by  the  conduit  of  the 
upper  pool  in  the  highway  of  the  fuller's  field. 
2  Then  came  forth  unto  him  Eliakim,  Hilkiah's 
son,  which  was  over  the  house,  and  Shebna  the 
"scribe,  and  Joah,  Asaph's  son,  the  recorder. 
*  And  Rabshakeh  said  unto  them.  Say  ye  now 
to  Hezekiah,  Thus  saith  the  great  king,  the  king 
of  Assyria,  What  confidence  is  this  wherein  thou 
trustest  ?  ^  I  say,  sayest  thou,  (but  they  are  hut 
^vain  words)  "I  ham  counsel  and  strength  for 
war:  now  on  whom  dost  thou  trust,  that  thou 
rebellest  against  me  ?  ^  Lo,  thou  trustest  in  the 
staff  of  this  broken  reed,  on  Egypt ;  whereon  if 
a  man  lean,  it  will  go  into  his  hand,  and  pierce 
it :  so  is  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt  to  all  that  trust 

a  Or,  secretary,    h  Heb.  a  word  of  lips,    c  Or,  but  couTisel  and  strength 
axe  for  the  war. 


ISAIAH,  36.  121 


in  him.  ''  But  if  tliou  say  to  me, We  trust  in  the 
Lord  our  God :  is  it  not  he,  whose  high  places 
and  whose  altars  Hezekiah  hath  taken  away, 
and  said  to  Judah  and  to  Jerusalem,  Ye  shall 
worship  before  this  altar  ?  ^  Now  therefore  give 
'^pledges,  I  pray  thee,  to  my  master  the  king 
of  Assyria,  and  I  will  give  thee  two  thousand 
horses,  if  thou  be  able  on  thy  part  to  set  riders 
upon  them.  ^  How  then  wilt  thou  turn  away 
the  face  of  one  captain  of  the  least  of  my  mas- 
ter's servants,  and  put  thy  trust  on  Egypt  for 
cliariots  and  for  horsemen  ?  ^^  And  am  I  now 
come  up  without  the  Lord  against  this  land  to 
destroy  it  ?  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Go  up  against 
this  land,  and  destroy  it. 

"  Then  said  Eliakim  and  Shebna  and  Joah 
unto  Rabshakeh,  Speak,  I  pray  thee,  unto  thy 
servants  in  the  Syrian  language ;  for  we  un- 
derstand it:  and  speak  not  to  us  in  the  Jews' 
language,  in  the  ears  of  the  people  that  are  on 
the  wall.  ^2  But  Rabshakeh  said.  Hath  my 
master  sent  me  to  thy  master  and  to  thee  to 
speak  these  words  ?  hath  he  not  sent  me  to  the 
men  that  sit  upon  the  wall,  that  they  may  eat 
their  own  dung,  and  drink  their  own  piss  with 
you  ?  13  Then  Rabshakeh  stood,  and  cried 
with  a  loud  voice  in  the  Jews'  language,  and 

d  Or,  hostages. 


133  ISAIAH,  36. 


said,  Hear  ye  the  words  of  the  great  king,  the 
king  of  Assyria.  ^^  Tims  saith  the  king.  Let 
not  Hezekiah  deceive  you :  for  he  shall  not  be 
able  to  deliver  you.  ^»  Neither  let  Hezekiah 
make  you  trust  in  the  Lord,  sajang,  The  Lord 
v/ill  surely  deliver  us  :  this  city  shall' not  be  de- 
livered into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria. 
''^  Hearken  not  to  Hezekiah :  for  thus  saith  the 
king  of  Assyria,  ''Make  an  agreement  with  me 
by  a  present,  and  come  out  to  me :  and  eat  ye 
every  one  of  his  vine,  and  every  one  of  his  fig 
tree,  and  drink  ye  every  one  the  waters  of  his 
own  cistern  ;  ^^  until  I  come  and  take  you  away 
to  a  land  like  your  own  land,  a  land  of  corn  and 
wine,  a  land  of  bread  and  vineyards.  ^^  Beware 
lest  Hezekiah  persuade  you,  saying,  The  Lord 
will  deliver  us.  Hath  any  of  the  gods  of  the 
nations  delivered  his  land  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
king  of  Assyria  ?  '^  Where  are  the  gods  of  Ha- 
math  and  Arphad  ?  where  are  the  gods  of  Seph- 
arvaim  ?  and  have  they  delivered  Samaria  out  of 
my  hand  ?  '-^o  Who  are  they  among  all  the  gods 
of  these  lands,  that  have  delivered  their  land  out 
of  my  hand,  that  the  Lord  should  deliver  Jeru- 
salem out  of  my  hand  ?  -'  But  they  held  their 
peace,  and  answered  him  not  a  word :  for  the 
king's  commandment  was,  saying.  Answer  him 

«  Or,  Seek  my  favour  hy  a  present.    Heb.  Malcc  with  me  a  blessing. 


ISAIAH,  37.  123 


not.  '^'-  Then  came  Eliakim,  the  sou  of  Hilkiah, 
that  was  over  the  household,  aud  Shebna  the 
scribe,  and  Joah,  the  son  of  Asaph,  the  recorder, 
to  Hezekiah  with  their  clothes  rent,  aud  told  him 
the  words  of  Rabshakeh. 

on  A -^^  ^^  came  to  pass,  when  king  Hezekiah 
-lJL  heard  it,  that  he  rent  his  clothes,  and 
covered  himself  with  sackcloth,  and  went  into 
the  house  of  the  Lord.  ^  And  he  sent  Eliakim, 
who  was  over  the  household,  and  Shebna  the 
scribe,  and  the  elders  of  the  priests,  covered 
with  sackcloth,  unto  Isaiah  the  prophet  the  son 
of  Amoz.  ^  And  they  said  unto  him,  Thus  saith 
Hezekiah,  This  day  is  a  day  of  trouble,  and  of 
rebuke,  and  of  "  blasphemy :  for  the  children  are 
come  to  the  birth,  and  there  is  not  strength  to 
bring  forth,  ^  It  may  be  the  Lord  thy  God  will 
hear  the  words  of  Rabshakeh,  whom  the  king  of 
Assyria  his  master  hath  sent  to  reproach  the  liv- 
ing God,  and  will  reprove  the  words  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  hath  heard  :  wherefore  lift  up  thy 
prayer  for  the  remnant  that  is  *  left.  ^  So  the 
servants  of  king  Hezekiah  came  to  Isaiah.  «  And 
Isaiah  said  unto  them.  Thus  shall  ye  say  unto 
your  master.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Be  not  afraid 
of  the  words  that  thou  hast  heard,  wherewith  the 
servants  of  the  king  of  Assyria  have  blasphemed 

a  Or,  provocation,     b  M^h.  found. 


124  ISAIAH,  37. 


me.  ''  Behold,  I  will "  send  a  blast  upon  him,  and 
he  shall  hear  a  rumour,  and  return  to  his  own 
land  ;  and  I  will  cause  him  to  fall  by  the  sword 
in  his  own  land. 

^  So  Rabshakeh  returned,  and  found  the  king 
of  Assyria  warring  against  Libnah :  for  he  had 
heard  that  he  was  departed  from  Lachish,  ^  And 
he  heard  say  concerning  Tirhakah  king  of  Ethi- 
opia, He  is  come  forth  to  make  war  with  thee. 
And  when  he  heard  it,  he  sent  messengers  to 
Hezekiah,  saying,  ^^  Thus  shall  ye  speak  to  Hez- 
ekiali  king  of  Judah,  saying.  Let  not  thy  God, 
in  whom  thou  trustest,  deceive  thee,  saying, 
Jerusalem  shall  not  be  given  into  the  hand  of 
the  king  of  Assyria.  ^^  Behold,  thou  hast  heard 
what  the  kings  of  Assyria  have  done  to  all  lands 
by  destroying  them  utterly ;  and  slialt  thou  be 
delivered  ?  ^^  Have  the  gods  of  the  nations  de- 
livered them  which  my  fathers  have  destroyed, 
as  Gozan,  and  Haran,  and  Rezeph,  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Eden  which  ^pere  in  Telassar  ?  ^^  Where 
is  the  king  of  Hamath,  and  the  king  of  Arphad, 
and  the  king  of  the  city  of  Sepharvaim,  Hena, 
and  Ivah  ? 

^^  And  Hezekiah  received  the  letter  from  the 
hand  of  the  messengers,  and  read  it :  and  Heze- 
kiah went  up  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 


Or,  put  a  spirit  into  him. 


ISAIAH,  37.  125 


spread  it  before  the  Lord.  ^^  And  Hezekiah 
prayed  unto  the  Lord,  saying,  ^^  O  Lord  of 
hosts,  God  of  Israel,  that  dwellest  between  the 
cherubim,  thou  art  the  God,  even  thou  alone,  of 
all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth :  thou  hast  made 
heaven  and  earth.  ^^  Incline  thine  ear,  O  Lord, 
and  hear ;  open  thine  eyes,  O  Lord,  and  see :  and 
hear  all  the  words  of  Sennacherib,  which  hath 
sent  to  reproach  the  living  God.  ^^  Of  a  truth, 
Lord,  the  kings  of  Assyria  have  laid  waste  all 
the  '^nations,  and  their  countries,  ^^and  have  "cast 
their  gods  into  the  fire :  for  they  icere  no  gods, 
but  the  work  of  men's  hands,  wood  and  stone : 
therefore  they  have  destroyed  them.  ^^  Now 
therefore,  O  Lord  our  God,  save  us  from  his 
hand,  that  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  may 
know  that  thou  art  the  Lord,  even  thou  only. 

^^  Then  Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz  sent  unto 
Hezekiah,  saying.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel,  Whereas  thou  hast  prayed  to  me  against 
Sennacherib  king  of  Assyria :  22  this  is  the 
word  which  the  Lord  hath  spoken  concerning 
him; 

The  virgin,  the  daughter  of  Zion,  hath  despised 
thee,  and  laughed  thee  to  scorn ; 

The  daughter  of  Jerusalem  hath  shaken  her 
head  at  thee. 

d  Heb.  lands,    e  Heb.  given. 


126  ISAIAH,  37. 


"^  Whom  hast  thou  reproached  and  blasphemed? 
And  against  whom  hast  thou  exalted  thy  voice, 
And  lifted  up  thine  eyes  on  high  ? 
Ecen  against  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 
^^  /By  thy  servants  hast  thou   reproached  the 
Lord,  and  hast  said, 
By  the  multitude  of  my  chariots  am  I  come  up 
To  the  height  of  the  mountains,  to  the  sides  of 

Lebanon  ; 
And  I  will  cut  down  ^  the  tall  cedars  thereof, 

and  the  Choice  fir  trees  thereof  : 
And  I  will  enter  into  the  height  of  his  border, 
and  ^ihe  forest  of  his  Carmel. 
^5  I  have  digged,  and  drunk  water ; 

And  with  the  sole  of  vl\j  feet  have  I  dried  up 
all  the  rivers  of  the  *  besieged  places. 
^^  ^  Hast  thou  not  heard  long  ago,  how  I  have 
done  it ; 
And  of  ancient  times,  that  I  have  formed  it  ? 
Now  have  I  brought  it  to  pass,  that  thou  should- 

est  be  to  lay  waste 
Defenced  cities  into  ruinous  heaps, 
2'  Therefore    their    inhabitants   were  ^of  small 
power, 

/  Heb.  By  the  hand  of  thy  servants,  g  Heb.  the  tallness  of  the  cedarx 
thereof,  and  the  choice  of  the  fir  trees  thereof,  h  Or,  the  forest  and  his 
fruitful  field,  i  Or,  fenced  and  closed,  h  Or,  Hast  thou  not  heard  how  / 
have  made  it  long  ago,  and  fanned  it  of  ancient  times  ?  should  I  noio 
bring  it  to  be  laid  waste,  and  defenced  cities  to  be  ruinous  heaps  ?  as 
2  Kings  19.  25.    /  Heb.  short  of  hand. 


ISAIAH,  37.  12'; 


They  were  dismayed  and  confounded  : 

They  were  as  the  grass  of  the  field,  and  m  the 

green  herb, 
As  the  grass  on  the  housetops,  arid  as  corn 

blasted  before  it  be  grown  up. 
^^  But  I  know  thy  '"  abode,  and  thy  going  out, 

and  thy  coming  in, 
And  thy  rage  against  me. 
^^  Because  thy  rage  against  me,  and  thy  tumult, 

is  come  up  into  mine  ears. 
Therefore  will  I  put  my  hook  in  thy  nose,  and 

my  bridle  in  thy  lips, 
And  I  will  turn  thee  back  by  the  way  by  Avhich 

thou  earnest, 
3^  And  this  sJiall  be  a  sign  unto  thee. 

Ye    shall  eat   this  year  such  as  groweth  of 

itself ; 
And  the  second  year  that  which  springeth  of 

the  same  : 
And  in  the  third  year  sow  ye,  and  reap, 
And  plant  vineyards,  and  eat  the  fruit  thereof. 
"^  And  *»  the  remnant  that  is  escaped  of  the  house 

of  Judah 
Shall  again  take  root  downward,  and  bear  fruit 

upward  : 
22  For  out  of  Jerusalem  shall  go  forth  a  remnant, 

m  Or,  sitting,    n  Heb.  the  escaping  of  the  house  of  Judah  that 
eth. 


128  ISAIAH,  87. 


And  °they  that  escape  out  of  mount  Zion  : 

The  zeal  of    the    Lord    of    hosts    shall    do 
this. 
3^  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the 
king  of  Assyria, 

He  shall  not  come  into  this  city, 

Nor  shoot  an  arrow  there, 

Kor  come  before  it  with  p  shields, 

Nor  cast  a  bank  against  it. 
3^  By  the  way  that  he  came,  by  the  same  shall  he 
return, 

And  shall  not  come  into  this  city,  saith  the 
Lord. 
25  For  I  will  defend  this  city  to  save  it 

For  mine  own  sake,  and  for  ray  servant  Da- 
vid's sake. 

3«  Then  the  angel  of  the  Lord  went  forth,  and 
smote  in  the  camp  of  the  Assyrians  a  hundred 
and  fourscore  and  five  thousand  :  and  when  they 
arose  early  in  the  morning,  behold,  they  were  all 
dead  corpses.  ^^  So  Sennacherib  king  of  Assyria 
departed,  and  went  and  returned,  and  dwelt  at 
Nineveh.  ^^  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  was  wor- 
shipping in  the  house  of  Nisroch  his  god,  that 
Adrammelech  and  Sharezer  his  sons  smote  him 
with  the  sword  ;  and  they  escaped  into  the  land 

0  Heb.  the  escaping,    p  Heb.  shield. 


ISAIAH.  38.  129 


of  ^Armenia :  and  Esar-haddon  his  son  reigned 
in  his  stead. 

00  TN  those  days  was  Hezekiah  sick  unto 
JL  death.     And  Isaiah  the  prophet  the  son 

of  Amoz  came  unto  him,  and  said  unto  him, 
Tims  saith  the  Lord,  «  Set  thine  house  in  order : 
for  thou  shalt  die,  and  not  live.  -  Then  Heze- 
kiah turned  his  face  toward  the  wall,  and  prayed 
unto  the  Lord,  ^  and  said.  Remember  now,  O 
Lord,  I  beseech  thee,  how  I  have  walked  be- 
fore thee  in  truth  and  with  a  perfect  heart,  and 
have  done  that  which  is  good  in  thy  sight.  And 
Hezekiah  wept  *  sore.  "*  Then  came  the  word 
of  the  Lord  to  Isaiah,  saying,  ^  Go,  and  say  to 
Hezekiah,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Da- 
vid thy  father,  I  h-ave  heard  thy  prayer,  I  have 
seen  thy  tears  :  behold,  I  will  add  unto  thy  days 
fifteen  years.  ^  And  I  will  deliver  thee  and  this 
city  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria  :  and 

1  will  defend  this  city.  '^  And  this  shall  he  a  sign 
unto  thee  from  the  Lord,  that  the  Lord  will  do 
this  thing  that  he  hath  spoken ;  ^  behold,  I  will 
bring  again  the  shadow  of  the  degrees,  which  is 
gone  down  in  the  ''sun  dial  of  Ahaz,  ten  degrees 
backward.  So  the  sun  returned  ten  degrees,  by 
which  degrees  it  was  gone  down. 

q  Heb.  Ararat,    a  Heb.  Give  charge  concerning  thy  house,    b  Heb.  with 
great  tveeping.    c  Heb,  degrees  hy,  or,  with  the  sun. 


130  ISAIAH, 


^  The  writing  of  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah, 
when  he  had  been  sick,  and  was  recovered  of 
his  sickness : 

^•^  I  said  in  the  cutting  off  of  my  days,  I  shall  go 
to  the  gates  of  the  grave  : 
I  am  deprived  of  the  residue  of  my  years. 
^'  I  said,  I  shall  not  see  the  Lord,  even  the  Lord, 
in  the  land  of  the  living  : 
I  shall  behold  man  no  more  with  the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  world. 
^-  Mine  age  is  departed,  and  is  removed  from  me 
as  a  shepherd's  tent : 
I  have  cut  off  like  a  weaver  my  life  :  he  will 

cut  me  off  '^  with  pining  sickness  : 
From  day  even  to  night  wilt  thou  make  an  end 
of  me. 
'3 1  reckoned  till  morning,  that,  as  a  lion,  so  will 
he  break  all  my  bones : 
From  day  even  to  night  wilt  thou  make  an  end 
of  me. 
'■*  Like  a  crane  or  a  swallow,  so  did  I  chatter : 
I  did  mourn  as  a  dove  : 
Mine  eyes  fail  with  looking  upward : 
O    Lord,   I  am  oppressed ;    *  undertake    for 
me. 
^^  What  shall  I  say  ?  he  hath  both  spoken  unto 
me,  and  himself  hath  done  it :  j 

d  Or,  from  the  thrum,    e  Or,  ease  me.  I 


ISAIAH,  38.  131 


I  shall  go  softly  all  my  years  in  the  bitterness 
of  my  soul. 
'^  O  Lord,  by  these  tilings  men  live, 
And  in   all   these   things  is  the   life   of    my 

spirit : 
So  wilt  thou  recover  me,  and  make  me  to 
live. 
' '  Behold,  /  for  peace  I  had  great  bitterness  ; 
But  9  thou  hast  in  love  to  my  soul  delivered  it 

from  the  pit  of  corruption  : 
For  thou  hast  cast  all  my  sins  behind  thy  back. 
'*  For  the  grave  cannot  praise  thee,  death  cannot 
celebrate  thee : 
They  that  go  down  into  the  pit  cannot  hope 
for  thy  truth. 
^9  The  living,  the  living,  he  shall  praise  thee,  as 
I  do  this  day  : 
The  father  to  the  children  shall  make  known 
thy  truth. 
-"  The  Lord  teas  ready  to  save  me  : 
Therefore  we  will  sing  my  songs  to  the  stringed 

instruments 
All  the  days  of  our  life  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 
'^  For  Isaiah  had  said.  Let  them  take  a  lump 
of  figs,  and  lay  it  for  a  plaster  upon  the  boil, 

/Or,  on  my  peace  came  great  hitterness.    p  Heb.  thou  hast  loved  my 
soul  from  the  pit. 


132  ISAIAH,  39. 


and  he  shall  recover.  22  Hezekiah  also  had  said, 
What  is  the  sign  that  I  shall  go  up  to  the  house 
of  the  Lord  ? 

39  A'^  ^^■'^^  ^^'"^  Merodach-baladan,  the  son 
-lX.  of  Baladan,  king  of  Babylon,  sent  let- 
ters and  a  present  to  Hezekiah  :  for  he  had  heard 
that  he  had  been  sick,  and  was  recovered.  -  And 
Hezekiah  v^'^as  glad  of  them,  and  shewed  them 
the  house  of  his  <"  precious  things,  the  silver,  and 
the  gold,  and  the  spices,  and  the  precious  oint- 
ment, and  all  the  house  of  his  *  armour,  and  all 
that  was  found  in  his  treasures  :  there  was  noth- 
ing in  his  house,  nor  in  all  his  dominion,  that 
Hezekiah  shewed  them  not.  ^  Then  came  Isaiah 
the  prophet  unto  king  Hezekiah,  and  said  unto 
him,  What  said  these  men?  and  from  whence 
came  they  unto  thee?  And  Hezekiah  said,  They 
are  come  from  a  far  country  unto  me,  eve7i  from 
Babylon.  *  Then  said  he.  What  have  they  seen 
in  thine  house  ?  And  Hezekiah  answered.  All 
that  is  in  mine  house  have  they  seen :  there  is 
nothing  among  my  treasures  that  I  have  not 
shewed  them.  ^  Then  said  Isaiah  to  Hezekiah, 
Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord  of  hosts:  ^  behold, 
the  days  come,  that  all  that  is  in  thine  house, 
and  that  which  thy  fathers  have  laid  up  in 
store  until  this  day,  shall  be  carried  to  Babylon: 

a  Or,  spicery.    h  Or,  jewels.    Heb.  vessels,  or,  instruments. 


ISAIAH,  40.  133 


nothing  shall  be  left,  saith  the  Lord.  '  And  of 
thy  sons  that  shall  issue  from  thee,  which  thou 
shalt  beget,  shall  they  take  away ;  and  ^  they 
shall  be  eunuchs  in  the  palace  of  the  king  of 
Babylon.  ^  Then  said  Hezekiah  to  Isaiah,  Good 
is  the  word  of  the  Lord  which  thou  hast  spoken. 
He  said  moreover,  For  there  shall  be  peace  and 
truth  in  my  days. 

40  r^O^IFORT  ye,  comfort  ye  my  people, 

V_y  saith  your  God. 
^  Speak  ye  <^  comfortably  to  Jerusalem,  and  cry 
unto  her. 
That  her  *  warfare  is  accomplished. 
That  her  iniquity  is  pardoned  : 
For  she  hath  received  of  the  Lord's  hand 
double  for  all  her  sins. 
3  The  voice  of  him  that  crieth  in  the  wilderness, 
Prepare  ye  the  way  of  the  Lord, 
Make  straight  in  the  desert  a  highway  for  our 
God. 
■*  Every  valley  shall  be  exalted, 
And  every  mountain  and  hill  shall  be  made 

low  : 
And  the  crooked  shall  be  made  "  straight, 
And  the  rough  places  ^  plain  : 

.-  Fulfilled,  Dan.  1.  2,  3,  7.    a  Heb.  to  the  heart,    h  Or,  appointtd  time. 
c  Or,  a  straight  place,     d  Or,  a  plain  place. 


134  ISAIAH,  40. 


^  And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  be  revealed, 

And  all  flesh  shall  see  it  together : 

For  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 
^  The  voice  said,  Cry. 

And  he  said.  What  shall  I  cry  ? 

All  flesh  is  grass, 

And  all  the  goodliness  thereof  is  as  the  flower 
of  the  field : 
'  The  grass  withereth,  the  flower  fadeth  ; 

Because  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  bloweth  upon 
it: 

Surely  the  people  is  grass. 
^  The  grass  withereth,  the  flower  fadeth : 

But  the  word  of  our  God  shall  stand  for  ever. 

^  '  O  Zion,  that  bringest  good  tidings,  get  thee 

up  into  the  high  mountain  ; 
/O  Jerusalem,  that  bringest  good  tidings,  lift 

up  thy  voice  with  strength  ; 
Lift  it  up,  be  not  afraid  ; 
Say  unto  the  cities  of  Judah,  Behold  your  God! 
^0  Behold,  the  Lord  God  will  come  a  with  strong 

liand, 
And  his  arm  shall  rule  for  him : 
Behold,  his  reward  is  with  him, 
And  ''  his  work  before  him. 

e  Or,  O  thou  that  tellest  good  tidi7i(/s  to  Zion,  ch.  41.  27.  &  52.  7.  fOr, 
O  thou  that  tellest  good  tidings  to  Jerusalem,  g  Or,  against  the  strong, 
h  Or,  recompense  for  his  work,  ch.  49.  4. 


ISAIAH,  40.  135 


'^  He  shall  feed  bis  flock  like  a  shepherd  : 
He  shall  gather  the  lambs  with  his  arm, 
And  carry  them  in  his  bosom, 
And  shall  gently  lead  those  »that  are  with 
young. 

^2  Who  hath  measured  the  waters  in  the  hollow 
of  his  hand. 

And  meted  out  heaven  with  the  span. 

And  comprehended  the  dust  of  the  earth  in 
^a  measure, 

And  weighed  the  mountains  in  scales, 

And  the  hills  in  a  balance  ? 
^3  Who  hath  directed  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord, 

Or  being  Hiis  counsellor  hath  taught  him  ? 
^^  With  whom  took  he  counsel,  and  loJw  »» in- 
structed him, 

And  taught  him  in  the  path  of  judgment. 

And  taught  him  knowledge. 

And  shewed  to  him  the  way  of  "  understand- 
ing ? 
J^  Behold,  the  nations  are  as  a  drop  of  a  bucket, 

And  are  counted  as  the  small   dust  of  the 
balance : 

Behold,  he  taketh  up  the  isles  as  a  very  little 
thing. 

i  Or,   that  give  suc!i.    k  Heb.   a   tierce.     /  Heb.   man  of  Ms  counsel. 
in  Heb.  made  him  understand,    n  Heb.  understandings? 


136  ISAIAH,  40. 


"*  Aud  Lebanon  is  not  sufficient  to  burn, 
Nor  the  beasts  thereof  sufficient  for  a  burnt 
offering, 
'■^  All  nations  before  him  are  as  nothing  ; 
And  they  are  counted  to  him  less  than  noth- 
ing, and  vanity. 


To  whom  then  will  ye  liken  God  ? 

Or  what  likeness  will  ye  compare  unto  him  ? 

The  workman  melteth  a  graven  image, 

And   the  goldsmith  spreadeth   it  over  with 

gold, 
And  casteth  silver  chains. 
He  that  "is  so  impoverished  that  he  hath  no 

oblation  chooseth  a  tree  tJmt  will  not  rot ; 
He  seeketh  unto  him  a  cunning  workman 
To  prepare  a  graven  image,  that  shall  not  be 

moved. 

Have  3^e  not  known  ?  have  ye  not  heard  ? 

Hath  it  not  been  told  you  from  the  beginning? 

Have  ye  not  understood  from  the  foundations 
of  the  earth  ? 

Pit  is  he  that  sitteth  upon  the  circle  of  the 
earth. 

And  the  inhabitants  thereof  are  as  grass- 
hoppers ; 

J  Ileb.  is  poor  of  oblation,    p  Or,  Him  that  sitteth,  <tc. 


ISAIAH,  40.  137 


That  stretchetb  out  the  heavens  as  a  curtain, 
And  spreadeth  them  out  as  a  tent  to  dwell 

in: 
That  bringeth  the  princes  to  nothing  ; 
He  maketh  the  judges  of  the  earth  as  vanity. 
Yea,  they  shall  not  be  planted ; 
Yea,  they  shall  not  be  sown  ; 
Yea,  their  stock  shall  not  take  root  in  the 

earth : 
And  he  shall  also  blow  upon  them,  and  they 

shall  wither, 
And  the  whirlwind  shall  take  them  away  as 

stubble. 


To  whom  then  will  ye  liken  me,  or  shall  I  be 

equal  ?  saith  the  Holy  One. 
Lift  up  your  eyes  on  high, 
And  behold  who  hath  created  these  tilings, 
That  bringeth  out  their  host  by  number  : 
He  calleth  them  all  by  names 
By  the  greatness  of  his  might,  for  that  he  is 

strong  in  power ; 
Not  one  faileth. 
Why  sayest  thou,  O  Jacob,  and  speakest,  O 

Israel, 
My  way  is  hid  from  the  Lord, 
And  my  judgment  is  passed  over  from  my 

God? 


138  ISAIAH,  41. 


-^  Hast  thou  not  known  ?  hast  thou  not  heard, 

That  the  everlasting  God,  the  Lord, 

The  Creator  of  the  ends  of  the  earth, 

Fainteth  not,  neither  is  weary  ? 

TJiere   is   no    searching    of    his  understand- 
ing. 
-9  He  giveth  power  to  the  faint ; 

And  to  them  that  have  no  might  he  increaseth 
strength. 
30  Even  the  youths  shall  faint  and  be  weary, 

And  the  young  men  shall  utterly  fall : 
•'='  But   they  that  wait   upon   the   Lord    shall 
?  renew  thew  strength  ; 

They  shall  mount  up  with  wings  as  eagles ; 

They  shall  run,  and  not  be  weary  ; 

And  they  shall  walk,  and  not  faint. 

4-1    T^  EEP  silence  before  me,  O  islands  ; 

-JP^     And    let    the    people    renew    their 

strength : 
Let  them  come  near  ;  then  let  them  speak  : 
Let  us  come  near  together  to  judgment 
2  Who  raised  up  « the  righteous  man  from  the 

east. 
Called  him  to  his  foot, 
Gave  the  nations  before  him,  and  made  him 

rule  over  kings  ? 

<]  Heb.  change,    a  Heb.  righti 


ISAIAH,  41.  139 


He  gave  them  as  the  dust  to  his  sword, 

And  as  driven  stubble  to  his  bow. 
^  He  pursued  them,  and  passed  *  safely ; 

Even  by  the  way  that  he  had  not  gone  with  his 
feet. 
^  Who  hath  wrought  and  done  it. 

Calling  the  generations  from  the  beginning  ? 

I  the  Lord,  the  first, 

And  with  the  last ;  I  am  he. 
^  The  isles  saw  it,  and  feared ; 

The  ends  of  the  earth  were  afraid. 

Drew  near,  and  came. 
^  They  helped  every  one  his  neighbour ; 

And  exery  one  said  to  his  brother,  '=  Be  of  good 
courage. 
■>  So  the  carpenter  encouraged  the  ^goldsmith, 

And  he  that  smootheth  with  the  hammer  '  him 
that  smote  the  anvil, 

f  Saying,  It  is  ready  for  the  soldering  : 

And  he  fastened  it  with  nails,  that  it  should 
not  be  moved. 
*  But  thou,  Israel,  art  my  servant, 

Jacob  whom  I  have  chosen, 

The  seed  of  Abraham  my  friend. 
^  Thou  whom  I  have  taken  from  the  ends  of 
the  earth, 

h  Heb.  in  peace.    <•  Heb.  Be  strong,    d  Or,  founder,    e  Or,  the  smiting. 

Or    aniiinn  nf  tht>   <ifihlp.v     Tt.  ic  nnntl 


f  Or,  saying  of  the  solder,  It  is 


140  ISAIAH,  41. 


And  called  thee  from  the  chief  men  thereof, 
And  said  unto  thee,  Thou  art  my  servant ; 
I  have  chosen  thee,  and  not  cast  thee  away. 
'°  Fear  thou  not ;  for  I  am  with  thee  : 
Be  not  dismayed  ;  for  I  am  thy  God  : 
I    will   strengthen    thee;     yea,   I  will    help 

thee; 
Yea,  I  will  uphold  thee  with  the  right  hand  of 
my  righteousness. 
^^  Behold,  all  they  that  w^ere  incensed  against 
thee  shall  be  ashamed  and  confounded  : 
They  shall  be   as  nothing ;    and  9  they  that 
strive  with  thee  shall  perish. 
^2  Thou  shalt  seek  them,  and  shalt  not  find  them, 
even  ''  them  that  contended  with  thee  : 
*They  that  war  against  thee  shall  be  as  noth- 
ing, and  as  a  thing  of  nought. 
'"  For  I  the  Lord  thy  God  will  hold  thy  right 
hand. 
Saying  unto  thee,  Fear  not ;  I  will  help  thee. 
'-•  Fear  not,  thou  worm  Jacob,  a7id  ye  ^men  of 
Israel ; 
I  will  help  thee,  saith  the  Lord, 
And  thy  Redeemer,  the  Holy  One  of  Israel, 
^^  Behold,  I  will  make  thee  a  new  sharp  thresh- 
ing instrument  havinor  ^  teeth  : 


(;  Heb.  the  men  of  thy  strife,    h  Heb.  the  men  of  thy  contention, 
the  men  of  thy  war.    k  Or,  few  men.    I  Heb.  mouths. 


ISAIAH,  41.  141 


Thou  shalt  thresh  the  mountains,  and  beat 

tliem  small, 
And  shalt  make  the  hills  as  chaff. 
*  Thou  shalt  fan  them,  and  the  wind  shall  carry 
them  away, 
And  the  whirlwind  shall  scatter  them : 
And  thou  shalt  rejoice  in  the  Lord, 
And  shalt  glory  in  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 
^  When  the  poor  and  needy  seek  Avater,  and  tliere 
is  none, 
And  their  tongue  faileth  for  thirst, 
I  the  Lord  will  hear  them, 
/the  God  of  Israel  will  not  forsake  them. 
^  I  will  open  rivers  in  high  places, 
And  fountains  in  the  midst  of  the  valleys  : 
I  will  make  the  wilderness  a  pool  of  water, 
And  the  dry  land  springs  of  water. 
^  I  will  plant  in  the  wilderness  the  cedar,  the 
shittah  tree,  and  the  myrtle,  and  the  oil 
tree ; 
I  will  set  in  the  desert  the  fir  tree,  and  the 
pine,  and  the  box  tree  together : 
°  That  they  may  see,  and  know,  and  consider, 
and  understand  together, 
That  the  hand  of  the  Lord  hath  done  this. 
And  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  hath  created  it. 
'  '"  Produce  your  cause,  saith  the  Lord  ; 

m  Heb.  Cause  to  come  near. 


142  ISAIAH,  41. 


Bring  forth  your  strong  reasons,  saith  the  King 
of  Jacob. 
'^■-  Let  them  bring  them  forth,  and  shew  us  what 
shall  happen  : 

Let  them  shew  the  former  things,  what  they 
he. 

That  we  may  "  consider  them,  and  know  the 
latter  end  of  them ; 

Or  declare  us  things  for  to  come. 
^•"^  Shew  the  things  that  are  to  come  hereafter. 

That  we  may  know  that  ye  are  gods : 

Yea,  do  good,  or  do  evil, 

That  we  may  be  dismayed,  and  behold  it  to- 
gether. 
^•*  Behold,  ye  are  "of  nothing,  and  your  work  ?'of 
nought : 

An  abomination  is  he  that  chooseth  you. 

25  I  have  raised  up  one  from  the  north,  and  he 

shall  come : 
From  the  rising  of  the  sun  shall  he  call  upon 

my  name : 
And   he  shall  come   upon   princes  as.  iipoji 

mortar. 
And  as  the  potter  treadeth  clay, 

26  Who  hath  declared  from  the  beginning,  that 

we  may  know  ? 

«  Heb.  set  our  heart  upon  them,     o  Or,  worse  than  nothing,     p  Or, 
worse  than  of  a  viper. 


ISAIAH,  42.  143 


And  beforetime,  that  we  may  say,  He  is  right- 
eous ? 

Yea,  tJiei'e  is  none  that  sheweth,  yea,  there  is 
none  that  declareth, 

Yea,  there  is  none  that  heareth  your  words. 
^''  The  first  shall  say  to  Zion,  Behold,  behold 
them : 

And  I  will  give  to  Jerusalem  one  that  bringeth 
good  tidings. 
■^^  For  I  beheld,  and  there  was  no  man  ; 

Even  among  them,  and  there  was  no  counsellor, 

That,  when  I  asked  of  them,  could  ^answer  a 
word. 
2^  Behold,  they  are  all  vanity ;  their  works  are 
nothing : 

Their  molten  images  are  wind  and  confusion. 

AO  "OEHOLD  my  servant,  whom  I  uphold  ; 
-L>  Mine  elect,  in  whom  my  soul  delighteth; 

I  have  put  my  Spirit  upon  him  : 

He  shall  bring  forth  judgment  to  the  Gentiles. 
^  He  shall  not  cry,  nor  lift  up, 

Nor  cause  his  voice  to  be  heard  in  the  street. 
^  A  bruised  reed  shall  he  not  break, 

And  the  '^  smoking  flax  shall  he  not  ^quench  : 

He  shall  bring  forth  judgment  unto  truth, 
•*  He  shall  not  fail  nor  be  "  discouraged, 

q  Heb.  return,    a  Or,  dimlii  hurning.  b  Ileb.  quench  it.    c  Heb  broken. 


144  ISAIAH,  42. 


Till  he  have  set  judgment  iu  the  earth : 
And  the  isles  shall  wait  for  his  law. 

5  Thus  saith  God  the  Lord, 
He  that  created   the  heavens,   and  stretched 

them  out ; 
He  that  spread  forth  the  earth,  and  that  which 

Cometh  out  of  it ; 
He  that  giveth  breath  unto  the  people  upon  it. 
And  spirit  to  them  that  walk  therein  : 
^  I  the  Lord  have  called  thee  in  righteousness. 
And  will  held    thine  hand,    and   will    keep 

thee, 
And  give  thee  for  a  covenant  of  the  people, 
for  a  light  of  the  Gentiles  ; 
^  To  open  the  blind  eyes, 
To  bring  out  the  prisoners  from  the  prison, 
A7id  them  that  sit  in  darkness  out  of  the  prison 
house. 
^  I  am  the  Lord  ;  that  is  my  name : 
And  my  glory  will  I  not  give  to  another. 
Neither  my  praise  to  graven  images. 
^  Behold,  the  former  things  are  come  to  pass, 
And  new  things  do  I  declare  : 
Before  they  spring  forth  I  tell  you  of  them. 

^0  Sing  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song. 
And  his  praise  from  the  end  of  the  earth, 


ISAIAH,  42.  145 


Ye  that  go  down  to  the  sea,  and  ''all  that  is 
therein ; 

The  isles,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof, 
"  Let  the  wilderness  and  the  cities  thereof  lift 
up  their  voice. 

The  villages  that  Kedar  doth  inhabit : 

Let  the  inhabitants  of  the  rock  sing, 

Let  them  shout  from  the  top  of  the  mountains. 
'-  Let  them  give  glory  unto  the  Lord, 

And  declare  his  praise  in  the  islands. 
^3  The  Lord  shall  go  forth  as  a  mighty  man, 

He  shall  stir  up  jealousy  like  a  man  of  war : 

He  shall  cry,  yea,  roar ; 

He  shall  *  prevail  against  his  enemies. 
'^  I  have  long  time  holden  my  peace  ; 

I  have  been  still,  and  refrained  myself  : 

Now  will  I  cry  like  a  travailing  woman  ; 

I  will  destroy  and  /devour  at  once. 
•5 1  will  make  waste  mountains  and  hills, 

And  dry  up  all  their  herbs  ; 

And  I  will  make  the  rivers  islands, 

And  I  will  dry  up  the  pools. 
^^  And  I  will  bring  the  blind  by  a  way  that  they 
knew  not ; 

I  will  lead  them  in  paths  that  they  have  not 
known : 

d  Heb.   the  fulness    thereof,     e  Or,   behave  himself  mightily,     f  Heb. 
swallow,  or,  sup  up. 


lO 


146  ISAIAH,  42. 


I  will  make  darkness  light  before  them, 
And  crooked  things  9  straight. 
These  things  will  I  do  unto  them,  and  not  for- 
sake them. 
^''  They  shall  be  turned  back,  they  shall  be  greatly 
ashamed,  that  trust  in  graven  images, 
That  say  to  the  molten  images,  Ye  are  our 
gods, 
^^  Hear,  ye  deaf ; 

And  look,  ye  blind,  that  ye  may  see. 
19  Who  is  blind,  but  my  servant  ? 

Or  deaf,  as  my  messenger  that  I  sent  ? 
Who  is  blind  as  he  that  is  perfect, 
And  blind  as  the  Lord's  servant  ? 
2*^  Seeing  many  things,  but  thou  observest  not ; 

Opening  the  ears,  but  he  heareth  not. 
'1  The  Lord  is  well  pleased  for  his  righteous- 
ness' sake ; 
He  will  magnify  the  law,  and  make  ^it  hon- 
ourable. 

22  But  this  is  a  people  robbed  and  spoiled  ; 
*  They  are  all  of  them  snared  in  holes. 
And  they  are  hid  in  prison  houses  : 
They  are  for  a  prey,  and  none  delivereth ; 
For  ^a  spoil,  and  none  saith.  Restore. 

23  Who  among  you  will  give  ear  to  this  ? 

p  Heb.  into  straightness.    h  Or,  him.    i  Or,  in  snaring  all  the  young 
men  of  them,    k  Heb.  a  treading. 


ISAIAH,  43.  147 


Who  will  hearken  and  hear  'for  the  time  to 

come  ? 
2'*  Who  gave  Jacob  for  a  spoil,  and  Israel  to  the 

robbers  ? 
Did  not  the  Lord,  he  against  whom  w^e  have 

sinned  ? 
For  they  wonld  not  walk  in  his  ways, 
Neither  were  they  obedient  unto  his  law. 
25  Therefore  he  hath  poured  upon  him  the  fury 

of  his  anger,  and  the  strength  of  battle  : 
And  it  hath  set  him  on  fire  round  about,  yet 

he  knew  not ; 
And  it  burned  him,  yet  he  laid  it  not  to  heart. 

^O  T)UT  now  thus  saith  the  Lord  that  cre- 
^^  J^  ated  thee,  O  Jacob, 

And  he  that  formed  thee,  O  Israel, 
Fear  not :  for  I  have  redeemed  thee, 
I  have  called   thee  by  thy  name ;    thou  art 
mine. 
-  When  thou  passest  through  the  waters,  I  icill 
he  with  thee ; 
And  through  the  rivers,  they  shall  not  over- 
flow thee : 
When  thou  walkest  through  the  fire,  thou 

shalt  not  be  burned  ; 
Neither  shall  the  flame  kindle  upon  thee. 

/  Heb.  for  the  after  time  ? 


148 ISAIAH,  48. 

2  For  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God, 

The  Holy  One  of  Israel,  thy  Saviour : 

I  gave  Egypt  for  thy  ransom,  Ethiopia  and 
Seba  for  thee. 
■*  Since  thou  wast  precious  in  my  sight. 

Thou  hast  been  honourable,  and  I  have  loved 
thee: 

Therefore  will  I  give  men  for  thee, 

And  people  for  thy  « life. 
5  Fear  not ;  for  I  am  with  thee  : 

I  will  bring  thy  seed  from  the  east, 

And  gather  thee  from  the  west : 
^  I  will  say  to  the  north,  Give  up  ; 

And  to  the  south.  Keep  not  back : 

Bring  my  sons  from  far, 

And    my   daughters  from    the  ends  of    the 
earth ; 
'  Even  every  one  that  is  called  by  my  name  : 

For  I  have  created  him  for  my  glory, 

I  have  formed  him ;  yea,  I  have  made  him. 

®  Bring    forth    the    blind    people    that    have 
eyes. 
And  the  deaf  that  have  ears. 

®  Let  all  the  nations  be  gathered  together, 
And  let  the  people  be  assembled : 
Who  among  them  can  declare  this, 

a  Or, person. 


ISAIAH,  43.  149 


And  shew  us  former  things? 

Let  them  bring  forth  their  witnesses,  that  they 
may  be  justified : 

Or  let  them  hear,  and  say,  It  is  truth. 
^^  Ye  are  my  witnesses,  saith  the  Lord, 

And  my  servant  whom  I  have  chosen  ; 

That  ye  may  know  and  believe  me, 

And  understand  that  I  am  he  : 

Before  me  there  was  *  no  God  formed, 

Neither  shall  there  be  after  me. 
'1  I,  even  I,  am  the  Lord  ; 

And  beside  me  there  is  no  saviour. 
'■^  I  have  declared,  and  have  saved,  and  I  have 
shewed. 

When  there  was  no  strange  god  among  you : 

Therefore  ye  are  my  witnesses,  saith  the  Lord, 
that  I  am  God. 
^^  Yea,  before  the  day  was  I  am  he  ; 

And  there  is  none  that  can  deliver  out  of  my 
hand : 

I  will  work,  and  who  shall  "  let  it  ? 

^^  Thus  saith  the  Lord,   your  Redeemer,   the 
Holy  One  of  Israel ; 
For  your  sake  I  have  sent  to  Babylon, 
And  have  brought  down  all  their  ^nobles, 
And  the  Chaldeans,  whose  cry  is  in  the  ships. 

b  Or,  nothing  formed  of  Qod.    c  Heb.  turn  it  lack?    d  Heb.  hars. 


150  ISAIAH,  43. 


^^  I  am  the  Lord,  your  Holy  One, 

The  Creator  of  Israel,  your  King. 
1^  Thus  salth  the  Lord,  which  maketh  a  way  in 
the  sea, 

And  a  path  in  the  mighty  waters ; 
^''  Which  bringeth  forth  the  chariot  and  horse, 
the  army  and  the  power  ; 

They  shall  lie  down  together,  they  shall  not 
rise : 

They  are  extinct,  they  are  quenched  as  tow, 
'^  Remember  ye  not  the  former  things, 

Neither  consider  the  things  of  old. 
'^  Behold,  I  will  do  a  new  thing  ; 

Now  it  shall  spring  forth ;  shall  ye  not  know 
it? 

I  will  even  make  a  way  in  the  wilderness, 

And  rivers  in  the  desert. 
20  The  beast  of  the  field  shall  honour  me, 

The  dragons  and  the  *  owls  : 

Because  I  give  waters  in  the  wilderness, 

And  rivers  in  the  desert, 

To  give  drink  to  my  people,  my  chosen. 
-1  This  people  have  I  formed  for  myself ; 

They  shall  shew  forth  my  praise. 

2-  But  thou  hast  not  called  upon  me,  O  Jacob  ; 
But  thou  hast  been  weary  of  me,  O  Israel, 


'  Or,  ostriches.    Heb.  daughters  of  the  owl. 


ISAIAH,  43.  151 


23  Thou  hast  not  brought  me  the  /small  cattle  of 
thy  burnt  offerings ; 
Neither  hast  thou  honoured  me  with  thy  sac- 
rifices. 
I  have  not  caused  thee  to  serve  with  an  offer- 
ing. 
Nor  wearied  thee  with  incense. 
2*  Thou  hast  bought  me  no  sweet  cane  with 
money, 
Neither  hast  thou  9  filled  me  with  the  fat  of 

thy  sacrifices : 
But  thou  hast  made  me  to  serve  with  thy 

sins, 
Thou  hast  wearied  me  with  thine  iniquities. 
-'"  I,  emn  I,  am  he  that  blotteth  out  thy  trans- 
gressions for  mine  own  sake, 
And  will  not  remember  thy  sins. 
-^  Put  me  in  remembrance :  let  us  plead  together: 

Declare  thou,  that  thou  may  est  be  justified. 
2^  Thy  first  father  hath  sinned, 

And  thy  ^  teachers  have  transgressed  against 
me. 
2^  Therefore  I  have  profaned  the  *'  princes  of  the 
sanctuary, 
And  have  given  Jacob  to  the  curse, 
And  Israel  to  reproaches. 

/  Heb.   lambs,  or,  kids,    q  Heb.  made  me  drwrik,  or,  abundantly  moist- 
ened,   h  Heb.  interpreters,  Mai.  2.  7, 8.    t  Or,  holy  princes. 


152  ISAIAH,  44. 


A  A   "ILTET  now  hear,  O  Jacob  my  servant ; 
J-    And  Israel,  whom  I  have  chosen : 
2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  that  made  thee, 
And  formed  thee  from  the  womb,  which  will 

help  thee  ; 
Fear  not,  O  Jacob,  my  servant ; 
And  thou,  Jeshurun,  whom  I  have  chosen. 
"  For  I  will  pour  water  upon  him  that  is  thirsty. 
And  floods  upon  the  dry  ground  : 
I  will  pour  my  Spirit  upon  thy  seed, 
And  my  blessing  upon  thine  offspring : 
■*  And  they  shall  spring  up  as  among  the  grass, 

As  willows  by  the  watercourses. 
*  One  shall  say,  I  am  the  Lord's  ; 
And  another  shall  call  himself  by  the  name  of 

Jacob  ; 
And  another  shall  subscribe  with  his  hand  unto 

the  Lord, 
And  surname  Jiimselfhy  the  name  of  Israel. 

^  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  King  of  Israel, 

And  his  Redeemer  the  Lord  of  hosts ; 

I  am  the  first,  and  I  am  the  last ; 

And  besides  me  thej^e  is  no  God. 
■^  And  who,  as  I,  shall  call, 

And  shall  declare  it,  and  set  it  in  order  for 
me. 

Since  I  appointed  the  ancient  people  ? 


ISAIAH,  44.  153 


And  the  things  that  are  coming,  and   shall 
come,  let  them  shew  unto  them. 
^  Fear  ye  not,  neither  be  afraid  : 

Have  not  I  told  thee  from  that  time, 

And  have  declared  it?  ye  are  even  my  wit- 
nesses. 

Is  there  a  God  besides  me  ? 

Yea,  there  is  no  «  God  ;  I  know  not  any. 
^  They  that  make  a  graven  image  are  all  of  them 
vanity ; 

And  their  *  delectable  things  shall  not  profit ; 

And  they  are  their  own  witnesses  ; 

They  see  not,  nor  know ;  that  they  may  be 
ashamed. 
^^  Who  hath  formed  a  god,  or  molten  a  graven 
image 

Tlmt  is  profitable  for  nothing  ? 
''  Behold,  all  his  fellows  shall  be  ashamed  ; 

And  the  workmen,  they  are  of  men  : 

Let  them  all  be  gathered  together,  let  them 
stand  up ; 

Yet  they  shall  fear,  and  they  shall  be  ashamed 
together. 
'■^  The  smith  '  with  the  tongs  both  worketh  in 
the  coals. 

And  fashioneth  it  with  hammers, 

And  worketh  it  with  the  strength  of  his  arms: 

a  Heb.  rock,  Deut.  32.  4.     b  Heb.  desirable,    c  Or,  with  an  nxe. 


154  ISAIAH,  44. 


Yea,  he  is  hungry,  and  his  strength  faileth : 

He  drinketh  no  water,  and  is  faint. 
^2  The    carpenter  stretcheth  out  Ids  rule ;    he 
marketh  it  out  with  a  line  ; 

He  fitteth  it  with  planes,  and  he  marketh  it 
out  with  the  compass. 

And  maketh  it  after  the  figure  of  a  man,  ac- 
cording to  the  beauty  of  a  man  ; 

That  it  may  remain  in  the  house. 
^*  He  heweth  him  down  cedars,  and  taketh  the 
cypress  and  the  oak, 

Which  he  '^  strengtheneth  for  himself  among 
the  trees  of  the  forest : 

He  planteth  an  ash,  and  the  rain  doth  nourish 
it. 
^'^  Then  shall  it  be  for  a  man  to  burn  : 

For    he  will   take  thereof,    and   warm  him- 
self ; 

Yea,  he  kindleth  it,  and  baketh  bread ; 

Yea,  he  maketh  a  god,  and  worshippeth  it; 

He  maketh  it  a  graven   image,    and   faileth 
down  thereto. 
1^  He  burneth  part  thereof  in  the  fire  ; 

With  part  thereof  he  eateth  flesh ; 

He  roasteth  roast,  and  is  satisfied  : 

Yea,  he  warmeth  liimself,  and  saith,  Aha, 

I  am  warm,  I  have  seen  the  fire  : 

d  Or,  taketh  courage. 


ISAIAH,  44.  155 


^^  And  the  residue  thereof  he  maketh  a  god,  emn 

his  graven  image  : 
He  falleth  down  unto  it,  and  worshippeth  it, 

and  prayeth  unto  it, 
And    saith,   Deliver  me ;    for  thou    art  my 

god. 
^^  They  have  not  known  nor  understood  : 
For  he  hath  « shut  their  eyes,  that  they  cannot 

see ; 
And  their  hearts,  that  they  cannot  understand. 
^^  And  none  /  considereth  in  his  heart, 
Neither  is  there  knowledge  nor  understanding 

to  say, 
I  have  burned  part  of  it  in  the  fire  ; 
Yea,  also  I  have  baked  bread  upon  the  coals 

thereof ; 
I  have  roasted  flesh,  and  eaten  it: 
And  shall  I  make  the  residue  thereof  an  abom- 
ination ? 
Shall  I  fall  down  to  ^  the  stock  of  a  tree  ? 
"•^  He  feedeth  on  ashes  : 

A  deceived  heart  hath  turned  him  aside, 
That  he  cannot  deliver  his  soul,  nor  say, 
Is  there  not  a  lie  in  my  right  hand  ? 
-'  Remember  these,  O  Jacob 
And  Israel ;  for  thou  art  my  servant : 

e  Heb.  daubed,   f  Heb.  setteth  to  Ms  heart,    g  Heb.  that  which  comes  of 
a  tree  ? 


156  ISAIAH,  44. 


I  have  formed  thee  ;  thou  art  my  servant : 

O  Israel,   thou    shalt    not    be    forgotten    of 
me. 
22 1  have  blotted  out,  as  a  thick  cloud,  thy  trans- 
gressions, 

And,  as  a  cloud,  thy  sins  : 

Return  unto  me  ;  for  I  have  redeemed  thee. 

23  Sing,  O  ye  heavens ;  for  the  Lord  hath  done 
it: 
Shout,  ye  lower  parts  of  the  earth  : 
Break  forth  into  singing,  ye  mountains, 

0  forest,  and  every  tree  therein  : 
For  the  Lord  hath  redeemed  Jacob, 
And  glorified  himself  in  Israel. 

2^  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  thy  Redeemer, 
And  he  that  formed  thee  from  the  womb, 

1  am  the  Lord  that  maketli  all  things; 
That  stretcheth  forth  the  heavens  alone ; 
That  spreadeth  abroad  the  earth  by  myself  ; 

25  That  frustrateth  the  tokens  of  the  liars, 

And  maketh  diviners  mad  ; 

That  turneth  wise  men  backward, 

And  maketh  their  knowledge  foolish ; 
2^  That  confirmeth  the  word  of  his  servant. 

And  performeth  the  counsel  of  his  messengers; 

That  saith  to  Jerusalem,  Thou  shalt  be  in- 
habited ; 


ISAIAH,  45. 


And  to  the  cities  of  Judah,  Ye  shall  be  built, 
And  I  will  raise  up  the  ^decayed  places  thereof: 
- '  That  saith  to  the  deep,  Be  dry, 

And  I  will  dry  up  thy  rivers : 
-s  That  saith  of  Cyrus,  He  is  my  shepherd, 
And  shall  perform  all  my  pleasure  : 
Even  saying  to  Jerusalem,  Thou  shalt  be  built; 
And  to  the  temple.  Thy  foundation  shall  be 
laid. 
A^  'T^HUS  saith  the  Lord  to  his  anointed,  to 
^^    JL    Cyrus, 

Whose  right  hand  I  "  have  holden, 
To  subdue  nations  before  him  ; 
And  I  will  loose  the  loins  of  kings. 
To  open  before  him  the  twoleaved  gates  ; 
And  the  gates  shall  not  be  shut ; 
-  I  will  go  before  thee, 
And  make  the  crooked  places  straight : 
I  will  break  in  pieces  the  gates  of  brass, 
And  cut  in  sunder  the  bars  of  iron  : 
^  And  I  will  give  thee  the  treasures  of  darkness. 
And  hidden  riches  of  secret  places. 
That  thou  mayest  know  that  I,   the  Lord, 
which  call  thee  by  thy  name,  am  the  God  of 
Israel. 
^  For  Jacob  my  servant's  sake,  and  Israel  mine 
elect, 

/»  Heb.  xoastes.    a  Or,  strengthened. 


158  ISAIAH,  45. 


I  have  even  called  thee  by  thy  name : 
I  have  surnamed  thee,  though  thou  hast  not 
known  me. 
^  I  am  the  Lord,  and  there  is  none  else, 
There  is  no  God  besides  me  : 
I  girded  thee,  though  thou  hast  not  known 
me  ; 
^  That  they  may  know  from  the  rising  of  the  sun, 
and  from  the  west. 
That  there  is  none  besides  me. 
I  am  the  Lord,  and  there  is  none  else. 
"'  I  form  the  light,  and  create  darkness  : 
I  make  peace,  and  create  evil : 
I  the  Lord  do  all  these  things. 
^  Drop  down,  ye  heavens,  from  above. 
And  let  the  skies  pour  down  righteousness  : 
Let  the  earth  open,  and  let  them  bring  forth 

salvation, 
And  let  righteousness  spring  up  together  ; 
I  the  Lord  have  created  it. 
^  Woe  unto  him  that  striveth  with  his  Maker  ! 
Let  the  potsherd  strive  with  the  potsherds  of 

the  earth. 
Shall  the  clay  say  to  him  that  fashioneth  it, 

What  makest  thou  ? 
Or  thy  work,  He  hath  no  hands  ? 
^•^  Woe  unto  him  that  saith  unto  his  father,  What 
begettest  thou  ? 


ISAIAH,  45.  159 


Or  to  the  woman,  What  hast   thou  brought 

forth  ? 
'^  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  Holy  One  of  Israel, 

and  his  Maker, 
Ask  me  of  things  to  come  concerning  my  sons, 
And  concerning  the  work  of  my  hands  com- 
mand ye  me. 
'-  I  have  made  the  earth. 
And  created  man  upon  it : 
I,   even  my  hands,   have    stretched  out   the 

heavens. 
And  all  their  host  have  I  commanded. 
^^  I  have  raised  him  up  in  righteousness, 
And  I  will  *  direct  all  his  ways  : 
He  shall  build  my  city,  and  he  shall  let  go  my 

captives, 
Not  for  price  nor  reward,  saith  the  Lord  of 

hosts. 
^^  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
The  labour  of  Egypt,   and  merchandise   of 

Ethiopia 
And  of  the  Sabeans,  men  of  stature, 
Shall  come  over  unto  thee,  and  they  shall  be 

thine : 
They  shall  come  after  thee  ;   in  chains  they 

shall  come  over, 
And  they  shall  fall  down  unto  thee. 


6  Or,  make  straight. 


160  ISAIAH,  45. 


They  shall  make  supplication  unto  thee,  saying. 
Surely  God  is  in  thee ; 
And  there  is  none  else,  there  is  no  God. 
^5  Verily  thou  art  a  God  that  hidest  thyself, 

0  God  of  Israel,  the  Saviour. 

^^  They  shall  be  ashamed,  and  also  confounded, 
all  of  them : 
They  shall  go  to  confusion  together  that  are 
makers  of  idols. 
*^  But  Israel  shall  be  saved  in  the  Lord  with  an 
everlasting  salvation : 
Ye  shall    not  be  ashamed    nor    confounded 
world  without  end. 

'^  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  that  created    the 

heavens ; 
God  himself  that  formed  the  earth  and  made 

it ;  he  hath  established  it, 
He  created  it  not  in  vain,  he  formed  it  to  be 

inhabited  : 

1  am  the  Lord,  and  there  is  none  else, 

1^  I  have  not  spoken  in  secret,  in  a  dark  place  of 
the  earth : 
I  said  not  unto  the  seed  of  Jacob,  Seek  ye  me 

in  vain : 
I  the  Lord  speak  righteousness,   I  declare 
things  that  are  right. 
-°  Assemble  yourselves  and  come  ; 


ISAIAH,  45.  161 


Draw  near  together,  ye  that  are  escaped  of  the 

nations : 
They  have  no  knowledge  that  set  up  the  wood 

of  their  graven  image, 
And  pray  unto  a  god  that  cannot  save. 
^^  Tell  ye,  and  bring  them  near ; 
Yea,  let  them  take  counsel  together  : 
Wlio  hath  declared  this  from  ancient  time  ? 

iDho  hath  told  it  from  that  time  ? 
Have  not  I  the  Lord?  and  there  is  no  God  else 

beside  me ; 
A  just  God  and  a  Saviour ;  tliere  is  none  beside 

me. 
--  Look  unto  me,  and  be  ye  saved,  all  the  ends  of 

the  earth : 
For  I  am  God,  and  there  is  none  else. 
^^  I  have  sworn  by  myself. 
The  word  is  gone  out  of  my  mouth  in  right- 
eousness, and  shall  not  return, 
That  unto  me  every  knee  shall  bow, 
Every  tongue  shall  swear. 
■•^•* "  Surely  shall  one  say.  In  the  Lord  have  I 

^  righteousness  and  strength  : 
Even  to  him  shall  men  come  ; 
And  all  that  are  incensed  against  him  shall  be 

ashamed. 

c  Or,  Surely,  he  shall  say  of  me.  In  the  Lord  is  all  rightemisneaa  and 
rength.    d  Heb.  righteousnesses. 


strength 


162  ISAIAH,  46. 


"  In  the  Loud  shall  all  the  seed  of  Israel  be  jus- 
tified, and  shall  glory. 

ACt  "DEL  boweth  down,  Nebo  stoopeth ; 

-tJ    Their  idols  were  upon  the  beasts,  and 
upon  the  cattle : 
Your  carriages  were  heavy  laden ; 
They  are  a  burden  to  the  weary  beast. 
^  They  stoop,  they  bow  down  together ; 
They  could  not  deliver  the  burden, 
But  <*  themselves  are  gone  into  captivity. 

^  Hearken  unto  me,  O  house  of  Jacob, 

And  all  the  remnant  of  the  house  of  Israel, 

Which  are  borne  bi/  me  from  the  belly, 

Which  are  carried  from  the  womb  : 
'^  And  even  to  your  old  age  I  am  he  ; 

And  even  to  hoar  hairs  will  I  carry  yoti: 

I  have  made,  and  I  will  bear ; 

Even  I  will  carrj'-,  and  will  deliver  you. 
5  To  whom  will  ye  liken  me,  and  make  7ne  equal, 

And  compare  me,  that  we  may  be  like  ? 
^  They  lavish  gold  out  of  the  bag, 

And  weigh  silver  in  the  balance, 

And  hire  a  goldsmith;  and  he  maketli  it  a 
god: 

They  fall  down,  yea,  they  worship. 

a  Heb.  their  soul. 


ISAIAH,  46.  163 


■>  They  bear  him  upon  the  shoulder,  they  carry 
him, 
And  set  him  in  his  place,  and  he  standeth ; 
From  his  place  shall  he  not  remove  : 
Yea,  one  shall  cry  unto  him,  yet  can  he  not 

answer, 
Nor  save  him  out  of  his  trouble. 
^  Remember  this,  and  shew  yourselves  men  : 
Bring  it  again  to  mind,  O  ye  transgressors. 
^  Remember  the  former  things  of  old  : 
For  I  am  God,  and  tJiere  is  none  else  ; 
I  am  God,  and  tliere  is  none  like  me, 
'°  Declaring  the  end  from  the  beginning, 
And  from  ancient  times  the  things  that  are  not 

yet  done. 
Saying,  My  counsel  shall  stand. 
And  I  will  do  all  my  pleasure  :   ■ 
^1  Calling  a  ravenous  bird  from  the  east, 
^  The  man  that  executeth  my  counsel  from  a 

far  country : 
Yea,  I  have  spoken  it,  I  will  also  bring  it  to 

pass; 
I  have  purposed  it,  I  will  also  do  it. 
^''  Hearken  unto  me,  ye  stouthearted, 

That  are  far  from  righteousness  : 
^^  I  bring  near  my  righteousness ;  it  shall  not  be 
far  off. 


Heb.  the  man  of  my  counsel. 


164  ISAIAH,  47. 


And  my  salvation  shall  not  tarry  : 
And  I  will  place  salvation  in  Zion  for  Israel 
my  glory. 

47   /^OME  down,  and  sit  in  the  dust,  O  virgin 
vJ  daughter  of  Babylon, 
Sit  on  the  ground  :  there  is  no  throne, 

0  daughter  of  the  Chaldeans  : 

For  thou  shalt  no  more  be  called  tender  and 
delicate. 
^  Take  the  millstones,  and  grind  meal : 
Uncover  thy  locks,  make  bare  the  leg. 
Uncover  the  thigh,  pass  over  the  rivers. 
2  Thy  nakedness  shall  be  uncovered,  yea,  thy 
shame  shall  be  seen  : 

1  will  take  vengeance,  and  I  will  not  meet 
thee  as  a  man. 

■*  As  for  our  Redeemer,  the  Lord  of  hosts  is  his 
name, 
The  Holy  One  of  Israel. 
^  Sit  thou  silent,  and  get  thee  into  darkness,  O 
daughter  of  the  Chaldeans  : 
For  thou  shalt  no  more  be  called.  The  lady  of 
kingdoms. 
^  I  was  wroth  with  my  people,  I  have  polluted 
mine  inheritance, 
And  given  them  into  thine  hand : 
Thou  didst  shew  them  no  mercy ; 


ISAIAH,  47.  165 


Upon  the  ancient  hast  thou  very  heavily  laid 
thy  yoke. 
■^  And  thou  saidst,  I  shall  be  a  lady  for  ever : 

So  that  thou  didst  not  lay  these  things  to  thy 
heart, 

Neither  didst  remember  the  latter  end  of  it. 
^  Therefore  hear  now  this,  thou  that  art  given 
to  pleasures,  that  dwellest  carelessly, 

That  sayest  in  thine  heart,  I  am,  and  none  else 
besides  me ; 

I  shall  not  sit  as  a  widow,  neither  shall  I  know 
the  loss  of  children  : 
^  But  these  two  things  shall  come  to  thee  in  a 
moment  in  one  day. 

The  loss  of  children,  and  widowhood  : 

They  shall  come  upon  thee  in  their  perfec- 
tion 

For  the  multitude  of  thy  sorceries,  and  for  the 
great  abundance  of  thine  enchantments. 
^^  For  thou  hast  trusted  in  thy  wickedness :  thou 
hast  said,  None  seeth  me. 

Thy  wisdom  and  thy  knowledge,  it  hath  "■  per- 
verted thee ; 

And  thou  hast  said  in  thine  heart,  I  am,  and 
none  else  besides  me. 
"  Therefore  shall  evil  come  upon  thee ;    thou 
shalt  not  know  *  from  whence  it  riseth  : 

a  Or,  caused  thee  to  turn  away,    b  Heb.  the  morning  thereof. 


166  ISAIAH,  4^ 


And  mischief  shall  fall  upon  thee  ;  thou  shalt 

not  be  able  to  "  put  it  off : 
And  desolation  shall  come  upon  thee  suddenly, 

which  thou  shalt  not  know. 
^'  Stand  now  with  thine  enchantments,  and  with 

the  multitude  of  thy  sorceries, 
Wherein  thou  hast  laboured  from  thy  youth  ; 
If  so  be  thou  shalt  be  able  to  profit,  if  so  be 

thou  mayest  prevail. 
^3  Thou  art  wearied  in  the  multitude  of  thy 

counsels. 
Let  now  the  '^  astrologers,  the  stargazers,  ^  the 

monthly  prognosticators, 
Stand  up,  and  save  thee  from  iJiese  things  that 

shall  come  upon  thee. 
^■*  Behold,  they  shall  be  as  stubble  ;  the  fire  shall 

burn  them ; 
They  shall  not  deliver  /  themselves  from  the 

power  of  the  flame  : 
There  shall  not  be  a  coal  to  warm  at,  noi'  fire  to 

sit  before  it. 
^^  Thus  shall  they  be  unto  thee  with  whom  thou 

hast  laboured,  even  thy  merchants,  from  thy 

youth : 
They  shall  wander  every  one  to  his  quarter ; 

none  shall  save  thee. 


Heb.    expiate,      d  Heb.    viewers  of  the  heavens,      e  Heb.   that   giv 
nvledge  concerning  the  months.    /Heb.  their  sonls. 


ISAIAH,  48.  167 


^O  TTEAR  ye  this,  O  house  of  Jacob, 
^  -LJL  Which  are  called  by  the  name  of  Israel, 
And  are  come  forth  out  of  the  waters  of  Judah, 
Which  swear  by  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
And  make  mention  of  the  God  of  Israel, 
But  not  in  truth,  nor  in  righteousness. 
2  For  they  call  themselves  of  the  holy  city, 
And  stay  themselves  upon  the  God  of  Israel : 
The  Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name. 
^  I  have  declared  the  former  things  from  the 
beginning ; 
And  they  went  forth  out  of  my  mouth,  and  I 

shewed  them ; 
I  did  them  suddenly,  and  they  came  to  pass. 
■*  Because  I  knew  that  thou  art  <^  obstinate, 
And  thy  neck  is  an  iron  sinew. 
And  thy  brow  brass  ; 
^  I  have  even  from  the  beginning  declared  it  to 
thee; 
Before  it  came  to  pass  I  shewed  it  thee  : 
Lest  thou  shouldest  say.  Mine  idol  hath  done 

them ; 
And  my  graven  image,  and  my  molten  image, 
hath  commanded  them. 
^  Thou  hast  heard,  see  all  this ; 
And  will  not  ye  declare  it? 
I  have  shewed  thee  new  things  from  this  time, 

a  Heb.  hard. 


168  ISAIAH,  48. 


Even  hidden  things,  and  thou  didst  not  know 
them. 
'  They  are  created    now,   and    not    from  the 
beginning ; 
Even  before  the  day  when  thou  heardest  them 

not; 
Lest  thou  shouldest  say,  Behold,  I  knew  them. 
8  Yea,  thou  heardest  not;  yea,  thou  knewest  not; 
Yea,  from  that  time  that  thine  ear  was  not 

opened : 
For  I  knew  that  thou  wouldest  deal  very 

treacherously, 
And  wast    called   a   transgressor    from    the 
womb. 
^  For  my  name's  sake  will  I  defer  mine  anger. 
And  for  my  praise  will  I  refrain  for  thee, 
That  I  cut  thee  not  off. 
'0  Behold,  I  have  refined  thee,  but  not  *  with 
silver ; 
I  have  chosen  thee  in  the  furnace  of  affliction. 
1^  For  mine  own  sake,  even  for  mine  own  sake, 
will  I  do  it  : 
For  how  should  my  name  be  polluted  ? 
And  I  will  not  give  my  glory  unto  another. 

'■^  Hearken  unto  me,  O  Jacob  and  Israel,  my 
called ; 


6  Or, /or  silver:  See  Ez.  22.  20,  21,  22. 


ISAIAH,  48.  169 


I    am    he ;  I    am  the    first,   I    also  am    the 
last. 
^2  Mine  hand  also  hath  laid  the  foundation  of  the 
earth, 
And  ''my  right  hand  hath  spanned  the  heavens: 
WJien  I  call  unto  them,  they  stand  up  together. 
^■*  All  ye,  assemble  yourselves,  and  hear ; 
Which  among  them  hath  declared  these  tilings? 
The  Lord  hath  loved  him  : 
He  will  do  his  pleasure  on  Babylon, 
And  his  arm  shall  he  on  the  Chaldeans. 
^5 1,  even  I,  have  spoken ;   yea,  I  have  called 
him: 
I  have  brought  him,  and  he  shall  make  his  way 
prosperous. 

'^  Come  ye  near  unto  me,  hear  ye  this  ; 
I  have  not  spoken  in  secret  from  the  beginning; 
From  the  time  that  it  was,  there  am  I : 
And  now  the  Lord  God,  and  his  Spirit,  hath 

sent  me. 
^■^  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  thy  Redeemer,  the  Holy 

One  of  Israel ; 
I  am  the  Lord  thy  God  which  teacheth  thee 

to  profit. 
Which  leadeth  thee  by  the  way  that  thou 

shouldest  go. 

c  Or,  the  palm  of  my  right  hand  hath  spread  out. 


170  ISAIAH, 


^^  O  that  thou  hadst  hearkened  to  my  command- 
ments ! 
Then  had  thj^  peace  been  as  a  river, 
And  thy  righteousness  as  the  waves  of  the  sea: 
'9  Thy  seed  also  had  been  as  the  sand, 
And  the  offspring  of  thy  bowels  like  the  gravel 

thereof ; 
His  name  should  not  have  been  cut  off  nor 
destro)'"ed  from  before  me. 

^^  Go  ye  forth  of  Babylon,  flee  ye  from  the 
Chaldeans, 
With  a  voice  of  singing  declare  ye,  tell  this, 
Utter  it  even  to  the  end  of  the  earth  ; 
Say  ye,  The  Lokd  hath  redeemed  his  servant 
Jacob. 
21  And  they  thirsted  not  ichefi  he  led  them  through 
the  deserts : 
He  caused  the  waters  to  flow  out  of  the  rock 

for  them  : 
He  clave  the  rock  also,  and  the  waters  gushed 
out. 
-"-  TJiej'e  is  no  peace,  saith  the  Lokd,  unto  the 
wicked. 

AQ  T ISTEN,  O  isles,  unto  me  ; 
^  JLj    And  hearken,  ye  people,  from  far ; 
The  Lord  hath  called  me  from  the  womb  ; 


ISAIAH,  49.  171 


From  the  bowels  of  my  mother  hath  he  made 
mention  of  my  name. 
-  And  he  hath  made  my  mouth  like  a  sharp 
sword ; 
In  the  shadow  of  his  hand  hath  he  hid  me, 
And  made  me  a  polished  shaft ; 
In  his  quiver  hath  he  hid  me  ; 
2  And  said  unto  me,  Thou  art  my  servant, 

0  Israel,  in  whom  I  will  be  glorified. 
■*  Then  I  said,  I  have  laboured  in  vain, 

1  have  spent  my  strength  for  nought,  and  in 
vain  : 

Tet  surely  my  judgment  is  with  the  Lord, 
And  <»  my  work  with  my  God. 
^  And  now,  saith  the  Lord  that  formed  me  from 
the  womb  to  he  his  servant, 
To  bring  Jacob  again  to  him, 
*  Though  Israel  be  not  gathered, 
Yet  shall  I  be  glorious  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord, 
And  my  God  shall  be  my  strength. 
6  And  he  said,  <'  It  is  a  light  thing  that  thou 
shouldest  be  my  servant 
To  raise  up  the  tribes  of  Jacob, 
And  to  restore  the  '^  preserved  of  Israel : 
I  will  also  give  thee  for  a  light  to  the  Gen- 
tiles, 

a  Or,  my  reward,  ch.  40.  10.  &  62.  11.  b  Or,  That  Israel  may  he  gathered 
to  him,  and  I  may,  &c.  c  Or,  Art  thou  lighter  than  that  thou  shouldest,  &c. 
d  Or,  desolations. 


172  ISAIAH,  49. 


That  thou  may  est  be  my  salvation  unto  the 

end  of  the  earth. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  Redeemer  of  Israel, 

and  his  Holy  One, 
*  To  him  whom  man  despisetli,  to  him  M^hom 

the  nation  abhorreth,  to  a  servant  of  rulers, 
Kings  shall  see  and  arise. 
Princes  also  shall  worship, 
Because  of  the  Lord  that  is  faithful, 
And  the  Holy  One  of  Israel,  and  he  shall  choose 

thee. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
In  an  acceptable  time  have  I  heard  thee, 
And  in  a  day  of    salvation  have  I  helped 

thee : 
And  I  will  preserve  thee,  and  give  thee  for  a 

covenant  of  the  people, 
To  /establish  the  earth,  to  cause  to  inherit  the 

desolate  heritages ; 
That  thou  mayest  say  to  the  prisoners,  Go 

forth  ; 
To  them  that  are  in  darkness.  Shew  your- 
selves. 
They  shall  feed  in  the  ways, 
And  their  pastures  shall  be  in  all  high  places. 
They  shall  not  hunger  nor  thirst ; 
Neither  shall  the  heat  nor  sun  smite  them  : 


e  Or,  to  him  that  is  despised  in  soul,    f  Or,  raise  up. 


ISAIAH,  49. 


For  he  that  hath  mercy  on  them  shall  lead 

them, 
Evea  by  the  springs  of  water  shall  he  guide 

them. 
^^  And  I  will  make  all  my  mountains  a  way, 

And  my  highways  shall  be  exalted. 
^-  Behold,  these  shall  come  from  far : 
And,  lo,  these  from  the  north  and  from  the 

west; 
And  these  from  the  land  of  Sinim. 

^^  Sing,  O  heavens ;  and  be  joyful,  O  earth  ; 

And  break  forth  into  singing,  O  mountains  : 

For  the  Lord  hath  comforted  his  people, 

And  will  have  mercy  upon  his  afflicted. 
'^  But    Zion    said,    The    Lord    hath    forsaken 
me, 

And  my  Lord  hath  forgotten  me. 
*5  Can  a  woman  forget  her  sucking  child, 

ff  That  she  should  not  have  compassion  on  the 
son  of  her  womb  ? 

Yea,  they  may  forget. 

Yet  will  I  not  forget  thee. 
*^  Behold,  I  have  graven  thee  upon  the  palms  of 
my  hands ; 

Thy  walls  m^e  continually  before  me. 
'^  Thy  children  shall  make  haste  ; 

g  Heb.  from  having  compassion. 


174  ISAIAH,  49. 


Thy  destroyers  and  they  that  made  thee  waste 
shall  go  forth  of  thee. 

^^  Lift   up    thine  eyes    round    about,   and  be- 
hold : 

All  these  gather  themselves  together,  and  come 
to  thee. 

As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord,  thou  shalt  surely 
clothe  thee  with  them  all,  as  with  an  orna- 
ment, 

And  bind  them  on  thee,  as  a  bride  doeth. 
'^  For  thy  waste  and  thy  desolate  places,  and  the 
land  of  thy  destruction. 

Shall  even  now  be  too  narrow  by  reason  of  the 
inhabitants, 

And  they  that  swallowed  thee  up  shall  be  far 
away. 
'^^  The  children  which  thou  shalt  have,  after  thou 
hast  lost  the  other,  shall  say  again  in  thine 
ears. 

The  place  is  too  strait  for  me : 

Give  place  to  me  that  I  may  dwell. 
21  Then  shalt  thou  say  in  thine  heart,  Who  hath 
begotten  me  these, 

Seeing  I  have  lost  my  children,  and  am  des- 
olate, 

A  captive,  and  removing  to  and  fro  ? 

And  who  hath  brought  up  these  ? 


ISAIAH,  49.  175 


Behold,  I  was  left  alone  ; 
These,  where  had  they  been? 

22  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God, 

Behold,  I  will  lift  up  mine  hand  to  the  Gen- 
tiles, 
And  set  up  my  standard  to  the  people : 
And  they  shall  bring  thy  sons  in  their  ^  arms, 
And  thy  daughters  shall  be  carried  upon  their 
shoulders. 

23  And  kings  shall  be  thy  *' nursing  fathers, 
And  their  ^queens  thy  nursing  mothers  : 
They  shall  bow  down  to  thee  with  their  face 

toward  the  earth, 
And  lick  up  the  dust  of  thy  feet ; 
And  thou  shalt  know  that  I  am  the  Lokd  : 
For  they  shall  not  be  ashamed  that  wait  for 

me. 

24  Shall  the  prey  be  taken  from  the  mighty. 
Or  ^  the  lawful  captive  delivered  ? 

2^  But  thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Even  the  "^captives  of  the  mighty  shall  be 

taken  away, 
And  the  prey  of  the  terrible  shall  be  delivered: 
For  I  will  contend  with  him  that  contendeth 

with  thee. 
And  I  will  save  thy  children. 

h  Heb.  hosom.    i  Heb.  nourishers.    I-  Heb.  princesses,    I  Heb.  the  cap- 
tivity of  the  just,    m  Heb.  captivity. 


176  ISAIAH,  50. 


-"  And  I  will  feed  them  that  oppress  thee  with 

their  own  flesh ; 
And  they  shall  be  drunken  with  their  own 

blood,  as  with  "^  sweet  wine  : 
And  all  flesh  shall  know  that  I  the  Lokd  am 

thy  Saviour 
And  thy  Redeemer,  the  Mighty  One  of  Jacob. 

gQ  npHUS  saith  the  Lord, 

-L      Where  is  the  bill  of  your  mother's 

divorcement,  whom  I  have  put  away  ? 
Or  which  of  my  creditors  is  it  to  whom  I  have 

sold  you  ? 
Behold,  for  your  iniquities  have  ye  sold  your- 
selves, 
And  for  your  transgressions  is  your  mother 

put  away. 
^  "Wherefore,    when    I    came,    loas    there    no 

man  ? 
When  I  called,  was  there  none  to  answer  ? 
Is  my  hand  shortened  at  all,  that  it  cannot 

redeem  ? 
Or  have  I  no  power  to  deliver  ? 
Behold,  at  my  rebuke  I  dry  up  the  sea, 
I  make  the  rivers  a  wilderness  : 
Their  fish  stinketh,  because  there  is  no  water, 

and  dieth  for  thirst. 

n  Or,  new  wine. 


ISAIAH,  50.  177 


2 1  clothe  the  heavens  with  blackness, 
And  I  make  sackcloth  their  coverinsr. 


the  learned, 
That  I  should  know  how  to  speak  a  w^ord  in 

season  to  Mm  that  is  weary : 
He  wakeneth  morning  by  morning, 
He  wakeneth  mine  ear  to  hear  as  the  learned. 
^  The  Lord  God  hath  opened  mine  ear. 
And  I  was  not  rebellious, 
Neither  turned  away  back. 
^  I  gave  my  back  to  the  smiters, 
And  my  cheeks  to  them  that  plucked  off  the 

hair: 
I  hid  not  my  face  from  shame  and  spitting. 
''  For  the  Lord  God  will  help  me ; 
Therefore  shall  I  not  be  confounded : 
Therefore  have  I  set  my  face  like  a  flint, 
And  I  know  that  I  shall  not  be  ashamed. 
^  He  is  near  that  justifieth  me  ; 
Who  will  contend  with  me  ?  let  us  stand  to- 
gether : 
Who  is  "  mine  adversary  ?  let  him  come  near 
to  me. 
^  Behold,  the  Lord  God  will  help  me  ; 
Who  is  he  that  shall  condemn  me  ? 

a  Heb.  the  master  of  my  cause. 

12 


178  ISAIAH,  51. 


Lo,  they  all  sliall  wax  old  as  a  garment ;  the 
moth  shall  eat  them  up. 

'•^  Who  is  among  you  that  feareth  the  Lord,    . 

That  obeyeth  the  voice  of  his  servant, 

That  walketh  in  darkness,  and  hath  no  light  ? 

Let  him  trust  in  the  name  of  the  Lord, 

And  stay  upon  his  God. 
''  Behold,  all  ye  that  kindle  a  fire,  that  compass 
yourselves  about  with  sparks : 

Walk  in  the  light  of  your  fire,  and  in  the 
sparks  that  ye  have  kindled. 

This  shall  ye  have  of  mine  hand ; 

Ye  shall  lie  down  in  sorrow. 

51  TT^ARKEN  to  me,  ye  that  follow  after 
-tJ-  righteousness,  ye  that  seek  the  Lord  : 

Look  unto  the  rock  whence  ye  are  hewn, 

And  to  the   hole   of  the   pit  whence  jq  are 
digged. 
2  Look  unto  Abraham  j^our  father, 

And  unto  Sarah  that  bare  you  : 

For  I  called  him  alone. 

And  blessed  him,  and  increased  him. 
2  For  the  Lord  shall  comfort  Zion : 

He  will  comfort  all  her  waste  places  ; 

And  he  will  make  her  wilderness  like  Eden, 

And  her  desert  like  the  garden  of  the  Lord  ; 


ISAIAH,  51.  179 


Joy  and  gladness  shall  be  found  therein, 

Thanksgiving,  and  the  voice  of  melody. 
^  Hearken  unto  me,  my  people  ; 

And  give  ear  unto  me,  O  my  nation  : 

For  a  law  shall  proceed  from  me. 

And  I  will  make  my  judgment  to  rest  for  a 
light  of  the  people, 
^  My  righteousness  is  near ;  my  salvation  is  gone 
forth, 

And  mine  arms  shall  j  udge  the  people ; 

The  isles  shall  wait  upon  me, 

And  on  mine  arm  shall  they  trust. 
6  Lift  up  your  eyes  to  the  heavens, 

And  look  upon  the  earth  beneath  : 

For  the  heavens  shall  vanish  away  like  smoke. 

And  the  earth  shall  wax  old  like  a  garment, 

And  they  that  dwell  therein  shall  die  in  like 
manner : 

But  my  salvation  shall  be  for  ever, 

And  my  righteousness  shall  not  be  abolished. 
'  Hearken  unto  me,  ye  that  know  righteousness, 

The  people  in  whose  heart  is  my  law  ; 

Fear  ye  not  the  reproach  of  men, 

Neither  be  ye  afraid  of  their  revilings. 
s  For  the  moth  shall  eat  them  up  like  a  gar- 
ment. 

And  the  worm  shall  eat  them  like  wool : 

But  my  righteousness  shall  be  for  ever, 


180  ISAIAH,  51. 


And  my  salvation  from  generation  to  genera- 
tion. 

^  Awake,  awake,  put  on  strength,  O  arm  of  the 

Lord; 
Awake,  as  in  the  ancient  days,  in  the  genera- 
tions of  old. 
Art  thou  not  it  that  hath  cut  Rahab,  and 

wounded  the  dragon  ? 
"^  Art  thou  not  it  which  hath  dried  the  sea,  the 

waters  of  the  great  deep  ; 
That  hath  made  the  depths  of  the  sea  a  wa}' 

for  the  ransomed  to  pass  over  ? 
'^  Therefore  the  redeemed  of  the  Lord  shall 

return, 
And  come  with  singing  unto  Zion  ; 
And    everlasting    joy    sJiall    be    upon    their 

head : 
They  shall  obtain  gladness  and  joy  ; 
And  sorrow  and  mourning  shall  flee  away. 
•■-  I,  even  I,  am  he  that  comforteth  you  : 
Who  a7't  thou,  that  thou  shouldest  be  afraid 

of  a  man  tliat  shall  die, 
And  of  the  son  of  man  loMch  shall  be  made  as 

grass ; 
13  And  forgettest  the  Lord  thy  Maker, 
That  hath  stretched  forth  the  heavens,  and 

laid  the  foundations  of  the  earth  ; 


ISAIAH,  51.  181 


And  hast  feared  continually  every  day  because 

of  the  fury  of  the  oppressor, 
As  if  he  **  were  ready  to  destroy  ? 
And  where  is  the  fury  of  the  oppressor  ? 
'^  The  captive  exile  hasteneth  that  he  may  be 

loosed. 
And  that  he  should  not  die  in  the  pit, 
Nor  that  his  bread  should  fail. 
'^  But  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God, 
That  divided  the  sea,  whose  waves  roared  : 
The  Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name. 
'^  And  I  have  put  my  words  in  thy  mouth, 
And  I  have  covered  thee  in  the  shadow  of 

mine  hand, 
That  I  may  plant  the  heavens,  and  lay  the 

foundations  of  the  earth, 
And  say  unto  Zion,  Thou  art  my  people. 

^■^  Awake,  awake,  stand  up,  O  Jerusalem, 
Which  hast  drunk  at  the  hand  of  the  Lord 

the  cup  of  his  fury  ; 
Thou  hast  drunken  the  dregs  of  the  cup  of 
trembling,  and  wrung  them  out. 
^s  There  is  none  to  guide  her  among  all  the  sons 
ichom  she  hath  brought  forth  ; 
Neither  is  there  any  that  taketh  her  by  the  hand 
of  all  the  sons  that  she  hath  brought  up. 

a  Or,  made  himself  ready. 


182  ISAIAH,  52. 


^^  These  two  things  *are  come  unto  thee;  Avho 
shall  be  sorry  for  thee  ? 
Desolation,  and  "^  destruction,  and  the  famine, 

and  the  sword : 
By  whom  shall  I  comfort  thee  ? 
"^^  Thy  sons  have  fainted,  they  lie  at  the  head  of 
all  the  streets,  as  a  wild  bull  in  a  net : 
They  are  full  of  the  fury  of  the  Lokd,  the 
rebuke  of  thy  God. 
^*  Therefore  hear  now  this,  thou  afflicted, 

And  drunken,  but  not  with  wine  : 
-2  Thus  saith  thy  Lord  the  Lord, 
And  thy  God  that  pleadeth  the  cause  of  his 

people. 
Behold,  I  have  taken  out  of  thine  hand  the 

cup  of  trembling, 
Even  the  dregs  of  the  cup  of  my  fury ; 
Thou  Shalt  no  more  drink  it  again  : 
-^  But  I  will  put  it  into  the  hand  of  them  that 
afflict  thee ; 
Which  have  said  to  thy  soul.  Bow  down,  that 

we  may  go  over : 
And  thou  hast  laid  thy  body  as  the  ground. 
And  as  the  street,  to  them  tliat  went  over. 


52  A^ 


WAKE,  awake,  put  on  thy  strength,  O 
Zion ; 


b  Heb.  happened,     c  Heb.  breaking. 


ISAIAH,  52.  183 


Put  on  thy  beautiful  garments,  O  Jerusalem, 

the  holy  city : 
For  henceforth  there  shall  no  more  come  into 

thee  the  uncircumcised  and  the  unclean. 
-  Shake  thyself  from  the  dust ;    arise,  and  sit 

down,  O  Jerusalem  : 
Loose  thyself  from  the  bands  of  thy  neck,  O 

captive  daughter  of  Zion. 
2  For  thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Ye  have  sold  yourselves  for  nought ; 
And  ye  shall  be  redeemed  without  money. 
^  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God, 
My  people  went  down  aforetime  into  Egypt 

to  sojourn  there  ; 
And  the  Assyrian  oppressed  them  without 

cause. 
5  Now  therefore,  what  have  I  here,  saith  the 

Lord, 
That  my  people  is  taken  away  for  nought  ? 
They  that  rule  over  them  make  them  to  howl, 

saith  the  Lord  ; 
And  my  name  continually  every  day  is  blas- 
phemed. 
^  Therefore  my  people  shall  know  my  name : 
Therefore  they  shall  know  in  that  day  that  I 

am  he  that  doth  speak :  behold,  it  is  I. 

■'  How  beautiful  upon  the  mountains  are  the 


184  ISAIAH,  52. 


feet  of  him  that  bringeth  good  tidings,  that 

publisheth  peace ; 
That  bringeth  good  tidings  of  good,  that  pub- 
lisheth salvation ; 
That  saith  unto  Zion,  Thy  God  reigneth  ! 
^  Thy  watchmen  shall  lift  up  the  voice ; 
With  the  voice  together  shall  they  sing : 
For  they  shall  see  eye  to  eye. 
When  the  Lord  shall  bring  again  Zion. 
^  Break  forth  into  joy,  sing  together,  ye  waste 

places  of  Jerusalem : 
For  the  Lord  hath  comforted  his  people,  he 

hath  redeemed  Jerusalem. 
^^  The  Lord  hath  made  bare  his  holy  arm  in  the 

eyes  of  all  the  nations ; 
And  all  the  ends  of  the  earth  shall  see  the 

salvation  of  our  God. 
''  Depart  ye,  depart  ye,  go  ye  out  from  thence, 

touch  no  unclean  thing; 
Go  ye  out  of  the  midst  of  her ;  be  ye  clean, 

that  bear  the  vessels  of  the  Lord. 
'-  For  ye  shall  not  go  out  with  haste, 
Nor  go  by  flight : 
For  the  Lord  will  go  before  you  ; 
And  the  God  of  Israel  will  "be  your  rearward. 

'3  Behold,  my  servant  shall  *deal  prudently, 

a  Heb,  gather  you  ^t.p.    b  Or,  prosper,  ch.  53. 10.    Jer.  23.  5. 


ISAIAH,  53.  185 


He  shall  be  exalted  and  extolled,  and  be  very 
high. 
^■*  As  many  were  astonied  at  thee ; 
His  visage  was  so  marred  more  than  any  man, 
And  his  form  more  than  the  sons  of  men  : 
'^  So  shall  he  sprinkle  many  nations  ; 
The  kings  shall  shut  their  mouths  at  him  : 
For  tJiat  which  had  not  been  told  them  shall 

they  see ; 
And  that  which  they  had  not  heard  shall  they 
consider. 
K  O  \\7  HO  hath  believed  our  «  report  ? 

▼  »    And  to  whom  is  the  arm  of  the  Lord 
revealed  ? 
^  For  he  shall  grow  up  before  him  as  a  tender 
plant, 
And  as  a  root  out  of  a  dry  ground  : 
He  hath  no  form  nor  comeliness ; 
And  when  we  shall  see  him,  there  is  no  beauty 
that  we  should  desire  him. 
^  He  is  despised  and  rejected  of  men  ; 
A  man  of  sorrows,  and  acquainted  with  grief : 
And  *  we  hid  as  it  were  our  faces  from  him  ; 
He  was  despised,  and  we  esteemed  him  not. 
^  Surely  he  hath  borne  our  griefs. 
And  carried  our  sorrows  : 

a  Or,  doctrine.    Heb.  hearing,    b  Or,  lie  hid  as  it  were  his  face  from  ««. 
Heb.  as  a  hiding  of  faces  from  him,  or,  from  us. 


186  ISAIAH,  53. 


Yet  we  did  esteem  him  stricken, 

Smitten  of  God,  and  afflicted. 
^  But  he  was  "  wounded  for  our  transgressions, 

He  was  bruised  for  our  iniquities  : 

The  chastisement  of  our  peace  was  upon  him 

And  with  his  ^  stripes  we  are  healed. 
^  All  we  like  sheep  have  gone  astray  ; 

We  have  turned  every  one  to  his  own  way ; 

And  the  Lord  *  hath  laid  on  him  the  iniquity 
of  us  all. 
^  He  was  oppressed,  and  he  was  afflicted. 

Yet  he  opened  not  his  mouth  : 

He  is  brought  as  a  lamb  to  the  slaughter, 

And  as  a  sheep  before  her  shearers  is  dumb, 

So  he  openeth  not  his  mouth. 
^  /He  was  taken  from  prison  and  from  judg- 
ment: 

And  who  shall  declare  his  generation  ? 

For  he  was  cut  off  out  of  the  land  of  the 
living : 

For  the  transgression  of  my  people  s  was  he 
stricken. 
^  And  he  made  his  grave  with  the  wicked, 

And  with  the  rich  in  his  *  death ; 

Because  he  had  done  no  violence, 

Neither  icas  any  deceit  in  his  mouth. 


c  Or,  tormetited.  d  Heb.  hniise.  e  Heb.  hath  made  the  iniquity  of  vs 
all  to  meet  on  him.  /Or,  He  was  taken  away  by  distress  and  judgment: 
but,  <£c.    g  Heb.  was  the  stroke  up07i  him.    h  Heb.  deaths. 


ISAIAH,  54.  187 


"J  Yet  it  pleased  the  Lord  to  bruise  him;  he  hath 

put  Mm  to  grief  : 
»When  thou  shalt  make  his  soul  an  offering 

for  sin, 
He  shall  see  Ms  seed,  he  shall  prolong  Ms  days, 
And  the  pleasure  of  the  Lord  shall  prosper 

in  his  hand. 
"  He  shall  see  of  the  travail  of  his  soul,  and 

shall  be  satisfied : 
By  his  knowledge  shall  my  righteous  servant 

justify  many ; 
For  he  shall  bear  their  iniquities. 
^-  Therefore  will  I  divide  him  a  portion  with  the 

great. 
And  he  shall  divide  the  spoil  with  the  strong ; 
Because  he  hath  poured  out  his  soul  unto 

death : 
And  he  was  numbered  with  the  transgressors; 
And  he  bare  the  sin  of  many, 
And  made  intercession  for  the  transgressors. 

^A  ^ING,  O  barren,  thou  that  didst  not  bear ; 
O  Break  forth  into  singing,  and  cry  aloud, 
thou  that  didst  not  travail  with  child  : 
For  more  are  the  children  of  tlie  desolate  than 
the  children  of  the  married  wife,  saith  the 
Lord. 

!  Or,  when  Ms  sottl  shall  make  an  offering. 


188  ISAIAH,  54. 


-  Enlarge  the  place  of  thy  tent, 
And  let  them  stretch  forth  the   curt-ains  of 

thine  habitations : 
Spare  not,  lengthen  thy  cords,  and  strengthen 
thy  stakes ; 
^  For  thou  shalt  break  forth  on  the  right  hand 
and  on  the  left ; 
And  thy  seed  shall  inherit  the  Gentiles, 
And  make  the  desolate  cities  to  be  inhabited. 
^  Fear  not ;  for  thou  shalt  not  be  ashamed  : 
Neither  be  thou  confounded ;  for  thou  shalt 

not  be  put  to  shame  : 
For  thou  shalt  forget  the  shame  of  thy  youth, 
And  shalt  not  remember  the  reproach  of  thy 
widowhood  any  more. 
5  For  thy  Maker  is  thine  husband ; 
The  Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name  ; 
And  thy  Redeemer  the  Holy  One  of  Israel ; 
The  God    of    the  whole    earth  shall    he  be 
called. 
^  For  the  Lord  hath  called  thee  as  a  woman 
forsaken  and  grieved  in  spirit, 
And  a  wife  of  youth,  when  thou  wast  refused, 
saith  thy  God. 
"'  For  a  small  moment  have  I  forsaken  thee  : 
But  with  great  mercies  will  I  gather  thee. 
^  In  a  little  wrath  I  hid  my  face  from  thee  for  a 
moment ; 

: 


ISAIAH,  54.  189 


But   with  everlasting  kindness   will   I  have 

merc}^  on  thee, 
Saith  the  Lord  thy  Redeemer. 
^  For   this  is   as    the    waters    of    Noah    unto 
me : 
For  as  I  have  sworn  that  the  waters  of  Noah 

should  no  more  go  over  the  earth  ; 
So  have  I  sworn  that  I  would  not  be  wroth 
with  thee,  nor  rebuke  thee. 
^^  For  the  mountains  shall  depart, 
And  the  hills  be  removed  ; 
But  my  kindness  shall  not  depart  from  thee, 
Neither  shall  the  covenant  of  my  peace  be 

removed, 
Saith  the  Lord  that  hath  mercy  on  thee. 
"  O  thou  afflicted,  tossed  with  tempest,  and  not 
comforted, 
Behold,  I  will  lay  thy  stones  with  fair  colours, 
And  lay  thy  foundations  with  sapphires. 
'-  And  I  will  make  thy  windows  of  agates. 
And  thy  gates  of  carbuncles. 
And  all  thy  borders  of  pleasant  stones. 
'2  And  all  thy  children  shall  he  taught  of  the 
liORD  ; 
And  great  shall  be  the  peace  of  thy  children, 
'*  In  righteousness  shalt  thou  be  established  : 
Thou  shalt  be  far  from  oppression ;  for  thou 
shalt  not  fear : 


190  ISAIAH,  55. 


And  from  terror ;  for  it  shall  not  come  near 

thee. 
^5  Behold,  they  shall  surely  gather  together,  hut 

not  by  me : 
"Whosoever  shall  gather  together  against  thee 

shall  fall  for  thy  sake, 
'^  Behold,  I  have  created  the  smith 
That  bloweth  the  coals  in  the  fire, 
And  that  bringeth  forth  an  instrument  for  his 

work; 
And  I  have  created  the  waster  to  destroy. 
^''  No  weapon  that  is  formed  against  thee  shall 

prosper ; 
And  every  tongue  that  shall  rise  against  thee 

in  judgment  thou  shalt  condemn. 
This  is  the  heritage  of  the  servants  of  the  Lord, 
And  their  righteousness  is  of  me,  saith  the 

Lord, 

RK  TTO.  every  one  that  thirsteth,  come  ye  to 
J- J-  the  waters. 
And  he  that  hath  no  money  ; 
Come  ye,  buy,  and  eat ; 

Yea,  come,  buy  wine  and  milk  without  money 
and  without  price. 
2  Wherefore  do  ye  '^  spend  money  for  that  which 
is  not  bread  ? 

a  Ileb.  weigh. 


ISAIAH,  55.  191 


And    your  labour    for    that  idMcIi  satisfieth 

not? 
Hearken  diligently  unto  me,  and  eat  ye  that 

■which  is  good, 
And  let  your  soul  delight  itself  in  fatness. 
3  Incline  your  ear,  and  come  unto  me  : 
Hear,  and  your  soul  shall  live  ; 
And  I  will  make  an  everlasting  covenant  with 

you, 
Even  the  sure  mercies  of  David. 
•*  Behold,  I  have  given  him/ar  a  witness  to  the 

people, 
A  leader  and  commander  to  the  people. 
^  Behold,  thou  shalt  call  a  nation  that  thou 

knowest  not, 
And  nations  that  knew  not  thee  shall  run  unto 

thee, 
Because  of  the  Lord  thy  God, 
And  for  the  Holy  One  of  Israel ;  for  he  hath 

glorified  thee. 

*^  Seek  ye  the  Lord  while  he  may  be  found, 
Call  ye  upon  him  while  he  is  near : 

■^  Let  the  wicked  forsake  his  way. 
And  *the  unrighteous  man  his  thoughts: 
And  let  him  return  unto  the  Lord,  and  he 
will  have  mercy  upon  him ; 

h  Heb.  the  man  of  iniquity. 


192  ISAIAH,  55. 


And   to   our   God,    for   ''he  will  abundantly 

pardon. 
^  For  my  thoughts  are  not  your  thoughts, 
Neither  are  your  ways  my  ways,  saith  the 

Lord. 
^  For  as  the  heavens  are  higher  than  the  earth, 
So  are  my  ways  higher  than  your  ways, 
And  my  thoughts  than  your  thoughts. 
^^  For  as  the  rain  cometh  down. 
And  the  snow  from  heaven. 
And  returneth  not  thither. 
But  watereth  the  earth, 
And  maketh  it  bring  forth  and  bud, 
That  it  may  give  seed  to  the  sower,  and  bread 

to  the  eater : 
^^  So  shall  my  word  be  that  goeth  forth  out  of 

my  mouth : 
It  shall  not  return  unto  me  void. 
But  it  shall  accomplish  that  which  I  please. 
And  it  shall  prosper  in  the  thing  whereto  I 

sent  it. 
'-  For  ye  shall  go  out  with  joy. 
And  be  led  forth  with  peace  : 
The  mountains  and  the  hills  shall  break  forth 

before  you  into  singing, 
And  all  the  trees  of  the  field  shall  clap  tlieir 

hands. 

c  Heb.  he  will  multiply  to  pardon. 


ISAIAH,  56.  193 


^"  Instead  of  the  thorn  shall  come  up  the  fir  tree, 
And  instead  of  the  brier  shall  come  up  the 

myrtle  tree : 
And  it  shall  be  to  the  Lord  for  a  name. 
For  an  everlasting  sign  that  shall  not  be  cut 
off. 

gg  'T^HUS  saith  the  Lord, 

JL     Keep  ye  « judgment,  and  do  justice : 
For  my  salvation  is  near  to  come. 
And  my  righteousness  to  be  revealed. 
^  Blessed  is  the  man  that  doeth  this. 
And  the  son  of  man  that  layeth  hold  on  it ; 
That  keepeth  the  sabbath  from  polluting  it, 
And  keepeth  his  hand  from  doing  any  evil. 
"  Neither  let  the  son  of  the  stranger,  that  hath 
joined  himself  to  the  Lord,  speak,  saying. 
The  Lord  hath  utterly  separated  me  from  his 

people  : 
Neither  let  the  eunuch  say,  Behold,  I  am  a  dry 
tree. 
^  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  the  eunuchs  that 
keep  my  sabbaths. 
And  choose  the  things  that  please  me. 
And  take  hold  of  my  covenant ; 
5  Even  unto  them  will  I  give  in  mine  house  and 
within  my  walls 

a  Or,  equity. 

— 


194  ISAIAH,  56. 


A  place  and  a  name  better  than  of  sons  and  of 
daughters : 

I  will  give  them  an  everlasting  name,  that 
shall  not  be  cut  off. 
^  Also  the  sons  of  the  stranger,  that  join  them- 
selves to  the  Lord, 

To  serve  him,  and  to  love  the  name  of  the 
Lord, 

To  be  his  servants. 

Every  one  that  keepeth  the  sabbath  from  pol- 
luting it, 

And  taketh  hold  of  my  covenant ; 
'  Even  them  will  I  bring  to  my  holy  mount- 
ain, 

And    make   them   joyful    in    my    house    of 
prayer : 

Their  burnt  offerings  and  their  sacrifices  shall 
be  accepted  upon  mine  altar ; 

For  mine  house  shall  be  called  a  house  of 
prayer  for  all  people. 
8  The  Lord  God  which  gathereth  the  outcasts 
of  Israel  saith, 

Yet  will  I  gather  others  to  him,  *  besides  those 
that  are  gathered  unto  him. 

5  All  ye  beasts  of  the  field,  come  to  devour, 
Yea,  all  ye  beasts  in  the  forest. 


Heb.  to  his  gathered. 


ISAIAH,  57.  195 


JO  His  watchmen  are  blind  :  they  are  all  ignorant, 
They  are  all  dumb  dogs,  they  cannot  bark  ; 
•"  Sleeping,  lying  down,  loving  to  slumber. 
'J  Yea,  fhey  are  '^greedy  dogs  ichicli  *can  never 
have  enough, 
And  they  are  shepherds  that  cannot  under- 
stand : 
They  all  look  to  their  own  way, 
Every  one  for  his  gain,  from  his  quarter. 
J-  Come  ye,  say  tJiey,  I  will  fetch  wine. 
And  we  will  fill  ourselves  with  strong  drink ; 
And  to  morrow  shall  be  as  this  day,  and  much 
more  abundant. 

Cf?  npHE  righteous  perisheth,  and  no  man 
-L   layeth  it  to  heart : 
And  "■  merciful  men  are  taken  away,  none  con- 
sidering 
That  the  righteous  is  taken  away  *from  the 
evil  to  come. 
2  He  shall  "  enter  into  peace  : 
They  shall  rest  in  their  beds, 
Each  one  walking  '^  in  his  uprightness. 

^  But  draw  near  hither,  ye  sons  of  the  sorceress, 
The  seed  of  the  adulterer  and  the  whore. 

<•  Or,  dreaming,  or,  talking  in  their  sleep,  d  Heb.  strong  of  appetite. 
e  Heb.  know  not  to  be  satisfied,  a  Heb.  men  of  kindness,  or,  godliness,  b  Or, 
from  that  tvhich  is  evil,    c  Or,  go  iti  peace,  Luke  2.  29.    d  Or,  be/ore  him. 


196  ISAIAH,  57. 


^  Against  whom  do  ye  sport  yourselves  ? 
Against  whom  make  ye  a  wide  mouth,  and 

draw  out  the  tongue  ? 
Are  ye  not  children  of  transgression,  a  seed  of 

falsehood, 
^  Inflaming  yourselves  '  with  idols  under  every 

green  tree, 
Slaying  the  children  in  the  valleys  under  the 

clefts  of  the  rocks  ? 
^  Among  the  smooth  stones  of  the  stream  is  thy 

portion ; 
They,  they  are  thy  lot  : 

Even  to  them  hast  thou  poured  a  drink  offer- 
ing, 
Thou  hast  offered  a  meat  offering. 
Should  I  receive  comfort  in  these  ? 
'  Upon  a  lofty  and  high  mountain  hast  thou  set 

thy  bed  : 
Even  thither  wentest  thou  up  to  offer  sacrifice. 
^  Behind  the  doors  also  and  the  posts  hast  thou 

set  up  thy  remembrance  : 
For  thou  hast  discovered  thyself  to  another  than 

me,  and  art  gone  up  ; 
Thou  hast  enlarged  thy  bed,  and  /made  thee  a 

covenant  with  them  ; 
Thou  lovedst  their  bed  ^'where  thou  sawest  it. 

e  Or,  among  the  oaks,  ch.  1.  29.    /Or,  hewed  it  for  thyself  larger  than 
tlieirs.    g  Or,  thou  providedst  room. 


ISAIAH,  57.  197 


^  And  ^  thou  wentest  to  the  king  with  ointment, 
And  didst  increase  thy  perfumes, 
And  didst  send  thy  messengers  far  off, 
And  didst  debase  thyself  even  unto  helh 
^^  Thou  art  wearied  in  the  greatness  of  thy  way; 
Yet  saidst  thou  not,  There  is  no  hope  : 
Thou  hast  found  the  'life  of  thine  hand  ; 
Therefore  thou  wast  not  grieved. 
"  And  of  whom  hast  thou  been  afraid  or  feared, 
that  thou  hast  lied, 
And  hast  not  remembered  me,  nor  laid  it  to 

thy  heart  ? 
Have  not  I  held  my  peace  even  of  old, 
And  thou  fearest  me  not  ? 
^'^  I  will  declare  thy  righteousness. 

And  thy  works  ;  for  they  shall  not  profit  thee. 
'^  When  thou  criest,  let  thy  companies  deliver 
thee; 
But  the  wind  shall  carry  them  all  away  ;  van- 
ity shall  take  them  : 
But  he  that  putteth  his  trust  in  me  shall  pos- 
sess the  land, 
And  shall  inherit  my  holy  mountain  ; 
'^  And  shall  say,  Cast  ye  up,  cast  ye  up,  prepare 
the  way, 
Take  up  the  stumblingblock  out  of  the  way 
of  my  people. 

h  Or,  thou  respectedst  the  kiiig.    i  Or,  living. 


198  ISAIAH,  57. 


^^  For  thus  saith  the  high  and  lofty  One 

That  inhabiteth  eternity,  whose  name  is  Holy ; 

I  dwell  in  the  high  and  holy  place, 

With  him  also  that  is  of  a  contrite  and  humble 
spirit, 

To  revive  the  spirit  of  the  humble, 

And  to  revive  the  heart  of  the  contrite  ones. 
^^  For  I  will  not  contend  for  ever, 

Neither  will  I  be  always  wroth  : 

For  the  spirit  should  fail  before  me, 

And  the  souls  wliicli  I  have  made. 
'^  For  the  iniquity  of  his  covetousness  was  I 
wroth,  and  smote  him : 

I  hid  me,  and  was  wroth. 

And  he  went  on  ^frowardly  in  the  way  of  his 
heart. 
^^  I  have  seen  his  ways,  and  will  heal  him : 

I  will  lead  him  also,  and  restore  comforts  unto 
him  and  to  his  mourners. 
'^  I  create  the  fruit  of  the  lips  ; 

Peace,  peace  to  Mm  that  is  far  off,  and  to  him 
that  is  near,  saith  the  Lord  ; 

And  I  will  heal  him. 
-0  But  the  wicked  are  like  the  troubled  sea. 

When  it  cannot  rest, 

Whose  waters  cast  up  mire  and  dirt. 
-^  There  is  no  peace,  saith  my  God,  to  the  wicked. 

k  Heb.  turning  away. 


ISAIAH,  58.  199 


CO   /^RY  « aloud,  spare  not, 

yj  Lift  up  thy  voice  like  a  trumpet. 
And  shew  my  people  their  transgression, 
And  the  house  of  Jacob  their  sins. 

-  Yet  they  seek  me  daily, 
And  delight  to  know  my  ways. 
As  a  nation  that  did  righteousness, 
And  forsook  not  the  ordinance  of  their  God  : 
They  ask  of  me  the  ordinances  of  justice  ; 
They  take  delight  in  approaching  to  God. 

^  Wherefore  have  we  fasted,  say  they,  and  thou 
seest  not  ? 
Wherefore  have  we  afflicted  our  soul,  and  thou 

takest  no  knowledge  ? 
Behold,  in  the  day  of  your  fast  ye  find  pleasure, 
And  exact  all  your  *  labours. 

^  Behold,  ye  fast  for  strife  and  debate, 
And  to  smite  with  the  fist  of  wickedness  : 
"  Ye  shall  not  fast  as  ye  do  this  day, 
To  make  your  voice  to  be  heard  on  high. 

^  Is  it  such  a  fast  that  I  have  chosen  ? 
'^A  day  for  a  man  to  afflict  his  soul  ? 
Is  it  to  bow  down  his  head  as  a  bulrush, 
And  to  spread  sackcloth  and  ashes  under  him? 
Wilt  thou  call  this  a  fast, 
And  an  acceptable  day  to  the  Lord  ? 

a  Heb.  witli  the  throat,    b  Or,  things  wherewith  ye  grieve  others.     Fleb. 
griefs,    c  Or,  ye  fast  not  as  this  day.    d  Or,  to  afflict  his  soul  for  a  day. 


200  ISAIAH,  58. 


^  Is  not  this  the  fast  that  I  have  chosen  ? 

To  loose  the  bands  of  wickedness, 

To  undo  *  the  heavy  burdens, 

And  to  let  the  /oppressed  go  free, 

And  that  ye  break  every  yoke  ? 
■^  Is  it  not  to  deal  thy  bread  to  the  hungry, 

And  that  thou  bring  the  poor  that  are  ^'cast 
out  to  thy  house  ? 

"When  thou  seest  the  naked,  that  thou  cover 
him; 

And  that  thou  hide  not  thyself  from  thine  own 
flesh? 
^  Then  shall  thy  light  break  forth  as  the  morn- 
ing, 

And  thine  health  shall  spring  forth  speedily : 

And  thy  righteousness  shall  go  before  thee ; 

The  glory  of  the  Lord  ^  shall  be  thy  rearward. 
^  Then  shalt  thou  call,  and  the  Lord  shall  an- 
swer; 

Thou  shalt  cry,  and  he  shall  say,  Here  I  am. 

If  thou  take  away  from  the  midst  of  thee  the 
yoke. 

The  putting  forth  of  the  finger,  and  speaking 
vanity  ; 
^^  And  if  thou  draw  out  thy  soul  to  the  hungry, 

And  satisfy  the  afflicted  soul ; 

e  Heb.  the  hundles  of  the  yoke,   f  Heb.  broken,    g  Or,  afflicted,    h  Heb. 
Bkall  gather  thee  up. 


ISAIAH,  58.  201 


Then  shall  thy  light  rise  in  obscurity, 
And  thy  darkness  he  as  the  noonday  : 
^1  And  the  Lord  shall  guide  thee  continually, 
And  satisfy  thy  soul  in  *  drought, 
And  make  fat  thy  bones : 
And  thou  shalt  be  like  a  watered  garden, 
And  like  a  spring  of  water,  whose  waters  *  fail 

not. 
^^  And  tliey  that  shall  he  of  thee  shall  build  the 

old  waste  places : 
Thou  shalt  raise  up  the  foundations  of  many 

generations ; 
And  thou  shalt  be  called,  The  repairer  of  the 

breach. 
The  restorer  of  paths  to  dwell  in. 
^3  If  thou  turn  away  thy  foot  from  the  sab- 
bath. 
From  doing  thy  pleasure  on  my  holy  day  ; 
And  call  the  sabbath  a  delight, 
The  holy  of  the  Lord,  honourable  ; 
And  shalt  honour  him,  not  doing  thine  own 

ways, 
Nor  finding  thine  own  pleasure,  nor  speaking 

thine  own  words  : 
^^  Then  shalt  thou  delight  thyself  in  the  Lord  ; 
And  I  will  cause  thee  to  ride  upon  the  high 

places  of  the  earth. 


Heb.  droughts,    k  Heb.  lie,  or,  deceive. 


202  ISAIAH,  59. 


And  feed  thee  with  the  heritage  of  Jacob  thy 

father : 
For  the  mouth  of  tlie  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

KQ  TOEHOLD,  the  Lord's  hand  is  not  short- 
J-J  ened,  that  it  cannot  save  ; 
Neither  his  ear  heavy,  that  it  cannot  hear : 
2  But  your  iniquities  have  separated  between 
you  and  your  God, 
And  your  sins  «have  hid  his  face  from  you, 
that  he  will  not  hear. 
2  For  your  hands  are  defiled  with  blood. 
And  your  fingers  with  iniquity  ; 
Your  lips  have  spoken  lies. 
Your  tongue  hath  muttered  perverseness. 
^  None  calleth  for  justice,  nor  any  pleadeth  for 
truth : 
They  trust  in  vanity,  and  speak  lies ; 
They  conceive  mischief,  and  bring  forth  in- 
iquity. 
^  They  hatch  ^  cockatrice'  eggs, 
And  weave  the  spider's  web  : 
He  that  eateth  of  their  eggs  dieth. 
And  "  that  which  is  crushed  breaketh  out  into 
a  viper. 
^  Their  webs  shall  not  become  garments, 

a  Or,  have  made  him  hide,    h  Or,  adder's,    c  Or,  that  which  is  sprinkled 
is  as  if  there  brake  out  a  viper. 


ISAIAH,  59.  203 


Neither  shall  they  cover  themselves  with  their 

works : 
Their  works  are  works  of  iniquity, 
And  the  act  of  violence  is  in  their  hands. 

^  Their  feet  run  to  evil. 
And  they  make  haste  to  shed  innocent  blood  : 
Their  thoughts  are  thoughts  of  iniquity  ; 
Wasting  and  ^  destruction  are  in  their  paths. 

^  The  way  of  peace  they  know  not ; 
And  there  is  no  '  judgment  in  their  goings : 
They  have  made  them  crooked  paths ; 
Whosoever  goeth  therein  shall  not  know  peace. 

^  Therefore  is  judgment  far  from  us, 

Neither  doth  justice  overtake  us  : 

We  wait  for  light,  but  beliold  obscurity  ; 

For  brightness,  lut  we  walk  in  darkness. 
10  ^Ye  grope  for  the  wall  like  the  blind, 

And  we  grope  as  if  ice  had  no  eyes : 

We  stumble  at  noonday  as  in  the  night ; 

We  are  in  desolate  places  as  dead  r)ien. 
"  We  roar  all  like  bears, 

And  mourn  sore  like  doves  : 

We  look  for  judgment,  but  there  is  none ; 

For  salvation,  but  it  is  far  off  from  us. 
^'-  For  our  transgressions  are  multiplied  before 
thee, 

d  Heb.  breaking,    e  Or,  right. 


204  ISAIAH,  59. 


And  our  sins  testify  against  us : 

For  our  transgressions  are  with  us  ; 

And  as  for  our  iniquities,  we  know  them  ; 
'2  In     transgressing     and     lying    against     the 
Lord, 

And  departing  away  from  our  God, 

Speaking  oppression  and  revolt, 

Conceiving  and  uttering  from  the  heart  words 
of  falsehood. 
'^  And  judgment  is  turned  away  backward, 

And  justice  standeth  afar  off : 

For  truth  is  fallen  in  the  street. 

And  equity  cannot  enter. 
^  Yea,  truth  faileth  ; 

And  he  that  departeth  from  evil  /maketh  him- 
self a  prey : 

And    the  Lord  saw  it,   and  ^it  displeased 
him 

That  there  was  no  judgment, 
^  And  he  saw  that  there  icas  no  man. 

And  wondered  that  there  was  no  intercessor  : 

Therefore   his    arm    brought   salvation   unto 
him; 

And  his  righteousness,  it  sustained  him. 
''  For  he    put  on    righteousness  as    a  breast- 
plate, 

And  a  helmet  of  salvation  upon  his  head  ; 

f  Or,  is  accounted  mad.    g  Heb.  it  was  evil  in  Jiis  eyes. 


ISAIAH,  59.  205 


And  he  put  on  the  garments  of  vengeance/*??' 

clothing, 
And  was  clad  with  zeal  as  a  cloak. 
1^  According  to  their  ^  deeds,  accordingly  he  will 

repay, 
Fury  to  his  adversaries,   recompense  to  his 

enemies ; 
To  the  islands  he  will  repay  recompense. 
'^  So  shall  they  fear  the  name  of  the  Lord  from 

the  west, 
And  his  glory  from  the  rising  of  the  sun. 
When  the  enemy  shall  come  in  like  a  flood, 
The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  *lift  up  a  stand- 
ard against  him. 
-0  And  the  Redeemer  shall  come  to  Zion, 
And  unto  them  that  turn  from  transgression 

in  Jacob,  saith  the  Lord. 
■'  As  for  me,  this  is  my  covenant  with  them, 

saith  the  Lord  ; 
My  Spirit  that  is  upon  thee, 
And   my  words  which  I   have   put  in   thy 

mouth, 
Sliall  not  depart  out  of  thy  mouth. 
Nor  out  of  the  mouth  of  thy  seed, 
Nor  out  of  the  mouth  of  thy  seed's  seed,  saith 

the  Lord, 
From  henceforth  and  for  ever. 


h  Heb.  recompenses,    i  Or,  put  him  to  flight. 


206  ISAIAH,  60. 


fid     A^IS^'  "  shine  ;  for  thy  liglit  is  come, 
■^^    And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  is  risen 
upon  thee. 
^  For,  behold,  the  darkness  shall  cover  the  earth, 
And  gross  darkness  the  people  : 
But  the  Lord  shall  arise  upon  thee, 
And  his  glory  shall  be  seen  upon  thee. 
^  And  the  Gentiles  shall  come  to  thy  light. 
And  kings  to  the  brightness  of  thy  rising. 
^  Lift  up  thine  eyes  round  about,  and  see  : 
All  they  gather  themselves  together,  they  come 

to  thee : 
Thy  sons  shall  come  from  far. 
And  thy  daughters  shall  be  nursed  at  t7iy  side. 
^  Then  thou  shalt  see,  and  flow  together, 
And  thine  heart  shall  fear,  and  be  enlarged  ; 
Because  the  ^abundance  of  the  sea  shall  be 

converted  unto  thee. 
The  ''forces  of  the  Gentiles  shall  come  unto 
thee. 
^  The  multitude  of  camels  shall  cover  thee, 
The  dromedaries  of  Midian  and  Ephah  ; 
All  they  from  Sheba  shall  come  : 
They  shall  bring  gold  and  incense ; 
And  they  shall  shew  forth  the  praises  of  the 
Lord. 

a  Or,  ie  enlightened  ;  for  thy  light  cometh.  h  Or,  noise  of  the  sea  shall  be 
turned  toivard  thee,    c  Or,  wealth,  ver.  11.    ch.  61.  6. 


ISAIAH,  60.  207 


"'  All   the   flocks  of   Kedar  shall  be  gathered 

together  unto  thee, 
The  rams  of  Nebaioth  shall  minister  unto 

thee: 
They  shall  come  up  with  acceptance  on  mine 

altar, 
And  I  will  glorify  the  house  of  my  glory. 
^  Who  are  these  iJiat  fly  as  a  cloud. 

And  as  the  doves  to  their  windows  ? 
^  Surely  the  isles  shall  wait  for  me. 
And  the  ships  of  Tarshish  first. 
To  bring  thy  sons  from  far, 
Their  silver  and  their  gold  with  them, 
Unto  the  name  of  the  Lord  thy  God, 
And  to  the  Holy  One  of  Israel,  because  he 

hath  glorified  thee. 
'•^  And  the  sons  of  strangers  shall  build  up  thy 

walls, 
And  their  kings  shall  minister  unto  thee : 
For  in  my  wrath  I  smote  thee. 
But  in  my  favour  have  I  had  mercy  on  thee. 
"  Therefore  thy  gates  shall    be  open  contin- 
ually ; 
They  shall  not  be  shut  day  nor  night ; 
That  'tywti  may  bring  unto  thee  the  ^  forces  of 

the  Gentiles, 
And  that  their  kings  may  be  brought. 

d  Or,  wealth,  ver.  5. 


308  ISAIAH,  60. 


•'-  For  the  nation  and  kingdom  that  will  not  serve 
thee  shall  perish ; 
Yea,,  those  nations  shall  be  utterly  wasted. 
'^  The  glory  of  Lebanon  shall  come  unto  thee, 
The  fir  tree,  the  pine  tree,  and  the  box  together, 
To  beautify  the  place  of  my  sanctuary  ; 
And  I  will  make  the  place  of  my  feet  glorious. 
^^  The  sons  also  of  them  that  afflicted  thee  shall 
come  bending  unto  thee  ; 
And  all  they  that  despised  thee  shall  bow  them- 
selves down  at  the  soles  of  thy  feet ; 
And  they  shall  call  thee,  The  city  of  the  Lord, 
The  Zion  of  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

15  Whereas  thou  hast  been  forsaken  and  hated, 
So  that  no  man  went  through  thee, 

I  will  make  thee  an  eternal  excellency, 
A  joy  of  many  generations. 

16  Thou  shalt  also  suck  the  milk  of  the  Gentiles, 
And  shalt  suck  the  breast  of  kings  : 

And  thou  shalt  know  that  I  the  Lord  am  thy 

Saviour 
And  thy  Redeemer,  the  Mighty  One  of  Jacob. 
1^  For  brass  I  will  bring  gold, 
And  for  iron  I  will  bring  silver, 
And  for  wood  brass, 
And  for  stones  iron : 
I  will  also  make  thy  officers  peace, 
And  thine  exactors  righteousness. 


ISAIAH,  61.  209 


'**  Violence  shall  no  more  be  heard  in  thy  land, 
Wasting  nor  destruction  within  thy  borders  ; 
But  thou  shalt  call  thy  walls  Salvation, 
And  thy  gates  Praise. 

'3  The  sun  shall  be  no  more  thy  light  by  day ; 
Neither  for  brightness  shall  the  moon  give 

light  unto  thee : 
But  the  Lord  shall  be  unto  thee  an  everlasting 

light, 
And  thy  God  thy  glory. 

-*'  Thy  sun  shall  no  more  go  down ; 
Neither  shall  thy  moon  withdraw  itself : 
For  the  Lord  shall  be  thine  everlasting  light, 
And   the    days    of    thy   mourning    shall    be 
ended. 

-^  Thy  people  also  shall  be  all  righteous  : 
They  shall  inherit  the  land  for  ever, 
The  branch  of  my  planting,  the  work  of  my 
hands,  that  I  may  be  glorified. 

"  A  little  one  shall  become  a  thousand, 
And  a  small  one  a  strong  nation  : 
I  the  Lord  will  hasten  it  in  his  time. 

f^T    npHE  Spirit  of  the  Lord  God  is  upon  me  ; 

-*-    Because  the  Lord  hath  anointed  me  to 

preach  good  tidings  unto  the  meek  ; 

He  hath  sent  me  to  bind  up  the  broken-hearted, 

To  proclaim  liberty  to  the  captives, 
__ 


210  ISAIAH,  61. 


And  the  opening  of  the  prison  to  tliem  that  are 
bound ; 
2  To  proclaim  the  acceptable  year  of  the  Loud, 
And  the  day  of  vengeance  of  our  God  ; 
To  comfort  all  that  mourn  ; 
^  To  appoint  unto  them  that  mourn  in  Zion, 
To  give  unto  them  beauty  for  ashes, 
The  oil  of  joy  for  mourning, 
The  garment  of  praise  for  the  spirit  of  heavi- 
ness ; 
That  they  might  be  called  Trees  of  righteous- 
ness, 
The  planting  of  the  Lord,  that  he  might  be 
glorified. 
'^  And  they  shall  build  the  old  wastes. 
They  shall  raise  up  the  former  desolations, 
And  they  shall  repair  the  waste  cities, 
The  desolations  of  many  generations. 
^  And  strangers  shall  stand  and  feed  your  flocks. 
And  the  sons  of  the  alien  shall  be  your  plough- 
men and  your  vinedressers. 
^  But  ye  shall  be  named  the  Priests  of  the  Lord: 
Men  shall  call  you  the  Ministers  of  our  God  : 
Ye  shall  eat  the  riches  of  the  Gentiles, 
And  in  their  glory  shall  ye  boast  yourselves. 
■^  For  your  shame  ye  shall  have  double  ; 
And  for  confusion  they  shall  rejoice  in  their 
portion : 


ISAIAH.  61.  211 


Therefore  in  their  land  they  shall  possess  the 

double : 
Everlasting  joy  shall  be  unto  them. 
For  I  the  Lord  love  judgment, 
I  hate  robbery  for  burnt  offering ; 
And  I  will  direct  their  work  in  truth, 
And  I  will  make  an  everlasting  covenant  with 

them. 
And  their  seed  shall  be  known  among  the 

Gentiles, 
And  their  offspring  among  the  people  : 
All  that  see  them  shall  acknowledge  them, 
That  they  are  the  seed  icMch  the  Lord  hath 

blessed. 
I  will  greatly  rejoice  in  the  Lord, 
My  soul  shall  be  joyful  in  my  God  ; 
For  he  hath  clothed  me  with  the  garments  of 

salvation, 
He  hath  covered  me  with  the  robe  of  riglit- 

eousness. 
As  a  bridegroom  "  decketh  himself  with  orna- 
ments. 
And    as   a   bride    adorneth   herself  with    her 

jewels. 
For  as  the  earth  bringeth  forth  her  bud. 
And  as  the  garden  causeth  the  things  that  are 

sown  in  it  to  spring  forth  ; 


a  Heb.  decketh  as  a  priest. 


212  ISAIAH,  62. 


So  the  Lord  God  will  cause  righteousness  and 

praise  to  spring  forth 
Before  all  the  nations. 

fi2  TT^"^  Zion's   sake  will   I   not   hold  my 
-T      peace, 
And  for  Jerusalem's  sake  I  will  not  rest. 
Until  the  righteousness  thereof  go  forth  as 

brightness, 
And    the  salvation   thereof  as  a  lamp   that 
burneth. 
^  And    the  Gentiles  shall    see  thy  righteous- 
ness, 
And  all  kings  thy  glory : 
And  thou  shalt  be  called  by  a  new  name. 
Which  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  shall  name. 
^  Thou  shalt  also  be  a  crown  of  glory  in  the 
hand  of  the  Lord, 
And    a  royal    diadem    in  the    hand    of  thy 
God. 
^  Thou  shalt  no  more  be  termed  Forsaken  ; 
Neither  shall  thy  land  any  more  be  termed 

Desolate : 
But  thou  shalt  be  called  "  Hephzibah, 
And  thy  land  *  Beulah  : 
For  the  Lord  delighteth  in  thee, 
And  thy  land  shall  be  married. 

a  That  is,  My  delight  is  in  her.    b  That  is,  Married. 


ISAIAH,  63.  213 


^  For  as  a  young  man  marrieth  a  virgin, 
So  shall  thy  sons  marry  thee  : 
And  "as  the  bridegroom   rejoiceth  over  the 

bride, 
80  shall  thy  God  rejoice  over  thee. 
♦^  I  have  set  watchmen  upon  thy  walls,  O  Jeru- 
salem, 
Which  shall  never  hold  their  peace  day  nor 

night : 
'^  Ye  that  make  mention  of  the  Lord, 
'  Keep  not  silence,  and  give  him  no  *  rest, 
Till  he  establish,  and  till  he  make  Jerusalem 
a  praise  in  the  earth. 
^  The  Lord  hath  sworn  by  his  right  hand,  and 
by  the  arm  of  his  strength, 
/  Surely  I  will  no  more  give  thy  corn  to  be  meat 

for  thine  enemies ; 
And  the  sons  of  the  stranger  shall  not  drink  thy 
wine,  for  the  which  thou  hast  laboured  : 
^  But  they  that  have  gathered  it  shall  eat  it,  and 
praise  the  Lord  ; 
And  they  that  have  brought  it  together  shall 
drink  it  in  the  courts  of  my  holiness. 

'^  Go  through,  go  through  the  gates  ;  prepare  ye 
the  way  of  the  people  ; 

c  Heb.  with  the  joy  cf  the  bridegroom,     d  Or,   y.   that  are  the  LoBL'S 
remejiibrancers.    e  Heb.  silence.    /Heb.  1/ 1  give,  <fcc. 


214  ISAIAH,  63. 


Cast  up,  cast  up  the  highway  ;  gather  out  the 

stones ; 
Lift  up  a  standard  for  the  people. 
"  Behold,  the  Lord  hath  proclaimed  unto  the 

end  of  the  world. 
Say  ye  to  the  daughter  of  Zion,  Behold,  thy 

salvation  cometh ; 
Behold,  his  reward  is  with  him, 
And  his  9  work  before  him. 
^'-  And  they  shall  call  them,  The  holy  people,  The 

redeemed  of  the  Lord  : 
And  thou  shalt  be  called,  Sought  out,  A  city 

not  forsaken. 

C^O  XX7H0  is  this  that  cometh  from  Edom, 
^^     T  T      With  dyed  garments  from  Bozrah  ? 
This  that  is  ''glorious  in  his  apparel. 
Travelling  in  the  greatness  of  his  strength  ? 
I    that    speak    in    righteousness,   mighty  to 
save. 
-  Wherefore  art  tliou  red  in  thine  apparel. 
And  thy  garments  like  him  that  treadeth  in 
the  winefat  ? 
3  I  have  trodden  the  winepress  alone  ; 
And  of  the  people  there  was  none  with  me  : 
For  I  will  tread  them  in  mine  anger. 
And  trample  them  in  my  fury ; 

g  Or,  recompense,    a  Heb.  decked. 


ISAIAH,  63.  215 


And  their  blood  shall  be  sprinkled  upon  my 
garments, 

And  I  will  stain  all  my  raiment. 
"*  For  the  day  of  vengeance  is  in  mine  heart, 

And  the  year  of  my  redeemed  is  come. 
^  And  I  looked,  and  there  was  none  to  help  ; 

And  I  wondered  that  there  was  none  to  up- 
hold : 

Therefore  mine  own  arm  brought  salvation 
unto  me ; 

And  my  fury,  it  upheld  me. 
^  And  I  will  tread  down  the  people  in  mine 
anger, 

And  make  them  drunk  in  my  fury, 

And  I  will  bring  down  their  strength  to  the 
earth. 

^  I  will  mention  the  lovingkindnesses  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  praises  of  the  Lord, 

According  to  all  that  the  Lord  hath  bestowed 
on  us. 

And  the  great  goodness  toward  the  house  of 
Israel, 

Which  he  hath  bestowed  on  them  according 
to  his  mercies. 

And  according  to  the  multitude  of  his  loving- 
kindnesses. 
^  For  he  said,  Surely  they  are  my  people. 


216  ISAIAH,  63. 


Children  that  will  not  lie  : 
So  he  was  their  Saviour. 
^  In  all  their  affliction  he  was  afflicted, 
And  the  Angel  of  his  presence  saved  them : 
In    his  love  and    in    his  pity  he    redeemed 

them ; 
And  he  bare  them,  and  carried  them  all  the 
days  of  old. 
'^  But    they    rebelled,    and    vexed    his    Holy 
Spirit : 
Therefore  he  was  turned  to  be  their  enemy, 
and  he  fought  against  them. 
"  Then  he  remembered  the  days  of  old,  Moses, 
and  his  people,  saying. 
Where  is  he  that  brought  them  up  out  of  the 

sea  with  the  *  shepherd  of  his  flock  ? 
Where  is  he  that  put  his  Holy  Spirit  within 
him? 
''•^  That  led  them  by  the  right  hand  of  Moses  with 
his  glorious  arm. 
Dividing  the  water  before  them,  to  make  him- 
self an  everlasting  name  ? 
^2  That  led  them  through  the  deep, 
As  a  horse  in  the  wilderness,  that  they  should 
not  stumble  ? 
^^  As  a  beast  goeth  down  into  the  valley. 
The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  caused  him  to  rest ; 


1  Or,  shepherds,  as  Pe.  77.  20. 


ISAIAH,  63.  217 


So  didst  thou  lead  thy  people, 
To  make  thyself  a  glorious  name. 

'^  Look  down  from  heaven,  and  behold 
From  the  habitation  of  thy  holiness  and  of  thy 

glory : 
Where  is  thy  zeal  and  thy  strength, 
''The  sounding  of  thy  bowels  and   of    thy 
mercies  toward  me  ?  are  they  restrained  ? 
'^  Doubtless  thou  art  our  Father, 
Though  Abraham  be  ignorant  of  us, 
And  Israel  acknowledge  us  not : 
Thou,  O  Lord,  art  our  Father,  ''our Redeemer; 
Thy  name  is  from  everlasting. 
^'  O  Lord,  why  hast  thou  made  us  to  err  from 
thy  ways, 
And  hardened  our  heart  from  thy  fear  ? 
Return  for  thy  servants'  sake, 
The  tribes  of  thine  inheritance. 
^^  The  people  of  thy  holiness  have  possessed  it 
but  a  little  while : 
Our    adversaries    have    trodden    down    thy 
sanctuary. 
'^  We  are  tliine :   thou  never  barest  rule  over 
them ; 
'  They  were  not  called  by  thy  name. 

c  Or,  the  multitude,    d  Or,  our  Redeemer  from  everlasting  is  thy  name, 
e  Or,  thy  name  was  not  called  upon  them,  ch.  63.  1. 


218  ISAIAH,  64. 


CiA    /^^H  that  thou  wouldest  rend  the  heavens, 
V>^  that  thou  wouldest  come  down, 
That  the  mountains  might  flow  down  at  thy 
presence, 
-  x\s  wJien  "  the  melting  fire  burneth,  the  fire 
causeth  the  waters  to  boil, 
To  make  thy  name  known  to  thine  adversaries, 
That  the  nations  may  tremble  at  thy  presence ! 
^  When  thou  didst  terrible  things  wJiich  we 
looked  not  for. 
Thou  earnest    down,   the  mountains   flowed 
down  at  thy  presence. 
^  For  since  the  beginning  of  the  world  men  have 
not  heard,  nor  perceived  by  the  ear, 
Neither  hath  the  eye  *seen,  O  God,  besides 

thee. 
What  he  hath  prepared  for  him  that  waiteth 
for  him. 
^  Thou  meetest  him  that  rejoiceth  and  worketh 
righteousness. 
Those  that  remember  thee  in  thy  ways : 
Behold,  thou  art  wroth  ;  for  we  have  sinned : 
In  those  is  continuance,  and  we  shall  be  saved. 
^  But  we  are  all  as  an  unclean  t7iing. 
And  all  our  righteousnesses  are  as  filthy  rags; 
And  we  all  do  fade  as  a  leaf ; 

a  Heb.  the  fire  of  meltings,    b  Or,  seen  a  God  besides  thee,  which  doeth  so 
/or  him,  <£c. 


ISAIAH,  65.  319 


And  our  iniquities,  like  the  wind,  have  taken 

us  away. 
And  there  is  none  that  calleth  upon  thy  name, 
That  stirreth  up  himself  to  take  hold  of  thee  : 
For  thou  hast  hid  thy  face  from  us, 
And    hast  ''consumed    us,   '^because  of  our 

iniquities. 
But  now,  O  Lord,  thou  art  our  Father ; 
We  are  the  clay,  and  thou  our  potter ; 
And  w^e  all  are  the  work  of  thy  hand. 
Be  not  wroth  very  sore,  O  Lord, 
Neither  remember  iniquity  for  ever : 
Behold,  see,  we  beseech  thee,  we  are  all  thy 

people. 
Thy  holy  cities  are  a  wilderness, 
Zion  is  a  wilderness,  Jerusalem  a  desolation. 
Our  holy  and  our  beautiful  house, 
Where  our  fathers  praised  thee. 
Is  burned  up  with  fire  : 
And  all  our  pleasant  things  are  laid  waste. 
Wilt  thou  refrain  thyself  for  these  tilings,  O 

Lord? 
Wilt  thou  hold  thy  peace,  and  afflict  us  very 

sore  ? 


651 


AM  sought  of  them  that  asked  not/<?r  me  ; 
I  am  found  of  them  that  sought  me  not : 


Heb.  melted,    d  Heb.  hy  the  hand :  as  Job  8.  4. 


220  ISAIAH,  65. 


I  said,  Behold  me,  behold  me, 
Unto  a  nation  that  was  not  called  by  my  name. 
2  I  have  spread  out  my  hands  all  the  day  unto  a 
rebellious  people, 
Which  walketh  in  a  way  that  was  not  good, 
after  their  own  thoughts  ; 
2  A  people  that  provoketh  me  to  anger  continu- 
ally to  my  face ; 
That  sacrificeth  in  gardens,  and  burneth  in- 
cense "^  upon  altars  of  brick  ; 
^  Which  remain  among  the  graves, 
And  lodge  in  the  monuments  ; 
Which  eat  swine's  flesh, 

And  *  broth  of  abominable  things  is  in  their 
vessels ; 
5  Which  say,  Stand  by  thyself, 
Come  not  near  to  me;  for  I  am  holier  than  thou. 
These  are  a  smoke  in  my  "  nose, 
A  fire  that  burneth  all  the  day. 
^  Behold,  it  is  written  before  me  : 
I  will  not  keep  silence,  but  will  recompense, 
Even  recompense  into  their  bosom, 
"'  Your  iniquities,  and   the  iniquities  of  your 
fathers  together,  saith  the  Lord, 
Which  have  burned  incense  upon  the  mount- 
ains. 
And  blasphemed  me  upon  the  hills  : 

a  Heb.  upon  hriclcs.    b  Or,  pieces,     c  Or,  anger. 


ISAIAH,  65.  221 


Therefore  will  I  measure  their  former  work 
into  their  bosom. 

^  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 

As  the  new  wine  is  found  in  the  cluster, 

And  one  saith,  Destroy  it  not ;  for  a  blessing 
is  in  it : 

So  will  I  do  for  my  servants'  sake. 

That  I  may  not  destroy  them  all. 
^  And  I  will  bring  forth  a  seed  out  of  Jacob, 

And  out  of  Judah  an  inheritor  of  my  mount- 
ains : 

And  mine  elect  shall  inherit  it, 

And  my  servants  shall  dwell  there. 
"^  And  Sharon  shall  be  a  fold  of  flocks, 

And  the  valley  of  Achor  a  place  for  the  herds 
to  lie  down  in. 

For  my  people  that  have  sought  me. 

"  But  ye  are  they  that  forsake  the  Lord, 
That  forget  my  holy  mountain, 
That  prepare  a  table  for  that  ^  troop. 
And  that  furnish  the  drink  offering  unto  that 
*  number. 

^-  Therefore  will  I  number  you  to  the  sword, 
And  ye  shall  all  bow  down  to  the  slaughter : 
Because  when  I  called,  ye  did  not  answer  ; 

d  Qt,  Gad.    e  Or,  Meni. 


ISAIAH,  65. 


When  I  spake,  ye  did  not  hear ; 
But  did  evil  before  mine  eyes, 
And  did  choose  that  wherein  I  delighted  not. 
'3  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God, 
Behold,  my  servants  shall  eat,  but  ye  shall  be 

hungry : 
Behold,  my  servants  shall  drink,  but  ye  shall 

be  thirsty : 
Behold,  my  servants  shall  rejoice,  but  ye  shall 

be  ashamed : 
'•*  Behold,  my  servants    shall   sing   for    joy  of 

heart. 
But  ye  shall  cry  for  sorrow  of  heart, 
And  shall  howl  for  /  vexation  of  spirit. 
'5  And  ye  shall  leave  your  name  for  a  curse  unto 

my  chosen : 
For  the  Lord  God  shall  slay  thee, 
And  call  his  servants  by  another  name  : 
^^  That  he  who  blesseth  himself  in  the  earth  shall 

bless  himself  in  the  God  of  truth  ; 
And  he  that  sweareth  in  the  earth  shall  swear 

by  the  God  of  truth ; 
Because  the  former  troubles  are  forgotten. 
And  because  they  are  hid  from  mine  eyes. 

''  For,  behold,  I  create  new  heavens  and  a  new 
earth : 

/  Heb.  hreaking. 


ISAIAH,  65.  223 


And  the  former  shall  not  be  remembered,  nor 
9  come  into  mind. 
^s  But  be  ye  glad  and  rejoice  for  ever  in  that 
which  I  create : 
For,  behold,  I  create  Jerusalem  a  rejoicing, 
and  her  people  a  joy. 
'9  And  I  will  rejoice  in  Jerusalem,  and  joy  in  my 
people : 
And  the  voice  of  weeping  shall  be  no  more 
heard  in  her,  nor  the  voice  of  crying. 
20  There  shall  be  no  more  thence  an  infant  of 
days. 
Nor  an  old  man  that  hath  not  filled  his  days  : 
For  the  child  shall  die  a  hundred  years  old ; 
But  the  sinner  being  a  hundred  years  old  shall 
be  accursed. 
-'  And  they  shall  build  houses,  and  inhabit  them; 
And  they  shall  plant  vineyards,  and  eat  the 
fruit  of  them. 
2'^  They  shall  not  build,  and  another  inhabit ; 
They  shall  not  plant,  and  another  eat : 
For  as  the  days  of  a  tree  are  the  days  of  my 

people. 
And  mine  elect  ^  shall  long  enjoy  the  work  of 
their  hands. 
2'^  They  shall  not  labour  in  vain, 

<7  Heb.  come  ripon  the  heart,    h  Heb.  shall  maUe  them  continue  long,  or, 
aliall  wear  out. 


224  ISAIAH.  66. 


Nor  bring  forth  for  trouble  ; 

For  they  are  the  seed  of  the  blessed  of  the 

Lord, 
And  their  offspring  with  them, 
"^  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  before  they 

call,  I  will  answer ; 
And    while    they   are  yet  speaking,   I    will 

hear. 
-^  The  wolf  and  the  lamb  shall  feed  together, 
And  the  lion  shall  eat  straw  like  the  bullock : 
And  dust  shall  be  the  serpent's  meat. 
They  shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy  in  all  my  holy 

mountain,  saith  the  Lord.' 

gg  ^HUS  saith  the  Lord, 

-L    The  heaven  is  my  throne,  and  the  earth 
is  my  footstool  : 
Where  is  the  house  that  ye  build  unto  me  ? 
And  where  is  the  place  of  my  rest  ? 
-  For  all  those  things  hath  mine  hand  made, 
And   all   those   things   have  been,  saith   the 

Lord: 
But  to  this  7nan  will  I  look. 
Even  to  him  that  is  poor  and  of  a  contrite 

spirit. 
And  trembleth  at  my  word. 
^  He  that  killeth    an  ox  is  as  if  he  slew  a 
man ; 


i 

ISAIAH,  66.  225 


He  that  sacrificetli  a  '^  iamb,  as  if  he  cut  off  a 
dog's  neck ; 

He  that  offereth  an  oblation,  as  if  he  offered 
swine's  blood ; 

He  that  *  burneth  incense,  as  if  he  blessed  an 
idol. 

Yea,  they  have  chosen  their  own  ways, 

And  their  soul  delighteth  in  their  abomina- 
tions. 
*  I  also  will  choose  their  "  delusions, 

Aud  will  bring  their  fears  upon  them  ; 

Because  when  I  called,  none  did  answer; 

When  I  spake,  they  did  not  hear  : 

But  they  did  evil  before  mine  eyes. 

And  chose  that  in  which  I  delighted  not. 

^  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye  that  tremble 

at  his  word  ; 
Your  brethren  that  hated  you, 
That  cast  you  out  for  my  name's  sake,  said. 
Let  the  Lord  be  glorified  : 
But  he  shall  appear  to  your  joy,  and  they  shall 

be  ashamed. 
^  A  voice  of  noise  from  the  citj^  a  voice  from  the 

temple, 
A  voice  of  the  Lord  that  rendereth  recompense 

to  his  enemies. 

a  Or,  kid.    b  Heb.  maketh  a  memorial  of,  Lev.  2. 2.    c  Or,  devices. 

15 


226^ ISAIAH,  66. 

■^  Before  she  travailed,  she  brought  forth  ; 
Before  her  pain  came,  she  was  delivered  of  a 
man  child. 
^  Who  hath  heard  such  a  thing  ?  who  hath  seen 
such  things  ? 
Shall  the  earth  be  made  to  bring  forth  in  one 

day? 
Or  shall  a  nation  be  born  at  once  ? 
For  as  soon  as  Zion   travailed,  she  brought 
forth  her  children. 
^  Shall  I  bring  to  the  birth,  and  not  ^  cause  to 
bring  forth  ?  saith  the  Lord  : 
Shall  I  cause  to  bring  forth,  and  shut  the  icomh? 
saith  thy  God. 
^°  Rejoice  ye  with  Jerusalem,  and  be  glad  with 
her,  all  ye  that  love  her : 
Rejoice  for  joy  with  her,  all  ye  that  mourn 
for  her : 
^^  That  ye  may  suck,  and  be  satisfied  with  the 
breasts  of  her  consolations  ; 
That  ye  may  milk  out,  and  be  delighted  with 
the  ^  abundance  of  her  glory. 
1'^  For  thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Behold,  I   will  extend  peace  to  her  like  a 

river. 
And  the  glory  of  the  Gentiles  like  a  flowing- 
stream  : 

d  Or,  heget.    e  Or,  brightness. 


ISAIAH,  66.  227 


Then  shall  ye  suck,  ye  shall  be  borne  upon  her 

sides, 
And  be  dandled  upon  Tier  knees. 
'^  As  one  whom  his  mother  comforteth,  so  will  I 
comfort  you  ; 
And  ye  shall  be  comforted  in  Jerusalem. 
'^  And   wiien   ye  see  this,   your  heart  shall  re- 
joice, 
And  your  bones  shall  flourish  like  an  herb  : 
And  the  hand  of  the  Lord  shall  be  known 

toward  his  servants, 
And  his  indignation  toward  his  enemies. 
'^  For,    behold,    the    Lord    will    come    with 
fire, 
And  with  his  chariots  like  a  whirlwind, 
To  render  his  anger  with  fury. 
And  his  rebuke  with  flames  of  fire. 
'^  For  by  fire  and  by  his  sword  will  the  Lord 
plead  with  all  flesh  : 
And  the  slain  of  the  Lord  shall  be  many. 
"  They  that    sanctify  themselves,   and    purify 
themselves  in  the  gardens 
/  Behind  one  tree  in  the  midst, 
Eating  swine's  flesh,  and  the  abomination,  and 

the  mouse, 
Shall  be  consumed  together,  saith  the  Lord. 
^s  For  I  knmo  their  works  and  their  thoughts  : 


/  Or,  one  after  another. 


228  ISAIAH,  66. 


It  shall  come,  that  I  will  gather  all  nations 

and  tongues ; 
And  they  shall  come,  and  see  my  glory. 
'^  And  I  will  set  a  sign  among  them. 
And  I  will  send  those  that  escape  of  them  unto 

the  nations, 
To  Tarshish,  Pul,  and  Lud,  that   draw  the 

bow, 
To  Tubal  and  Javan,  to  the  isles  afar  off, 
That  have  not  heard  my  fame,  neither  have 

seen  my  glory ; 
And  they  shall  declare  my  glory  among  the 

Gentiles. 
'^^  And  they  shall  bring  all  your  brethren /or  an 

offering  unto  the  Lord  out  of  all  nations 
Upon  horses,  and  in  chariots,  and  in  9  litters, 

and  upon  mules,  and  upon  swift  beasts. 
To  my  holy  mountain  Jerusalem,  saith  the 

Lord, 
As  the  children  of  Israel  bring  an  offering 
In  a  clean  vessel  into  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
-'  And  I  will  also  take  of  them  for  priests  and 

for  Levites,  saith  the  Lord. 
*"^  For  as  the  new  heavens  and  the  new  earth, 

which  I  will  make, 
Shall  remain  before  me,  saith  the  Lord, 
So  shall  your  seed  and  your  name  remain. 

.9  Or,  coaches. 


ISAIAH,  66.  229 


23  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  ^  from  one  new- 
moon  to  another, 

And  from  one  sabbath  to  another, 

Shall  all  flesh  come  to  worship  before  me,  saith 
the  Lord. 
-■*  And  they  shall  go  forth,  and  look 

Upon  the  carcasses  of  the  men  that  have  trans- 
gressed against  me : 

For  their  worm  shall  not  die, 

Neither  shall  their  fire  be  quenched  ; 

And  they  shall  be  an  abhorring  unto  all  flesh, 

h  Heb,  from  new  moon  to  his  new  moon,  and  from  sahlath  to  his  sahhath. 


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